News site for ex-PVG team members
A funny video submitted by Paul Hillyard taken on his recent skiing holiday. The video is 1.8MB, lasts 5 seconds, contains some sound (laughter mainly) and is in AVI format. I am assured that the “skier” is Mr Hillyard himself.
Some more ebooks I have found for download. They have the following titles available:
A Programmer’s Introduction to PHP 4.0
Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
Programming VB .NET: A Guide For Experienced Programmers
COM and .NET Interoperability
XML Programming: Web Applications and Web Services With JSP and ASP
Google, Amazon, and Beyond: Creating and Consuming Web Services
Practical Common Lisp
Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop
All by Apress and are in pdf format at http://apress.com/free/.
A couple of jobs where I can get a CV on the managers desk. Please let me know by email if you are interested in any of these (lalvani@hotmail.com).
1) IT trainer
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Responsibilities include:
IT Trainer required for expanding training team. Reporting to the Training Manager, you will be required to deliver application training, both internally and to external clients. You must have the ability to develop and create high quality training materials and organise training sessions.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Key Requirements:
· Excellent presentation skills
· Professional attitude and appearance
· Self starter and team player
· Some experience of training in a corporate environment
· Basic financial business knowledge
· Ability to produce high quality training materials
· Must be able to travel occasionally
2) MMI software engineers
C++Software engineers with embedded experience for MMI development on mobile phones
3) Test Engineers
Main duties
Plan and document test activities for specific projects and product releases
Ensure the smooth execution of test activities for specific projects and product releases
Define test coverage to minimise business risk
Develop and execute test cases to verify product functionality
Generate clear, concise and repeatable reports on product defects
Manage and review the entry of defects into the bug tracking system
Plan test schedules
Identify areas for test automation
Communicate regularly with team members and managers to build effective teams
Experience and skills
Essential:
Experience of the product test cycle from end to end
Experience of deriving test cases and coverage from the analysis of product requirements and technical specifications
Experience in software defect identification and tracking software defects to resolution
Experience of testing in multi-platform environments
Excellent working knowledge of common operating systems (e.g. Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X)
Good understanding of common network scenarios (e.g. Windows Domains, NDS trees, SAMBA shares)
Experience of scripting languages (Unix Shell scripts, Perl, Python, VB)
Desirable:
Experience of server administration (e.g. Windows 2000, 2003)
Experience of forecasting test efforts from high-level specifications
Experience of establishing and maintaining multi-platform test environments
For those of you wanting to brush up on (or get an overview of) various programming languages before an interview, Sams have made available some of their “Teach Yourself … in 24 hours” series of books available online. Books available cover C#, Java 2, .NET, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Basic, Visual C++, HTML, Javascript and XML.
I appear to be getting bounces from the following people via the PVG email contacts page.
Graham Eveleigh, Haider Bilal, Tim and Rachel Edwards, and Dennis Plane.
If anyone is still in contact with them, can you please ask them to update their contact details (or let me know if they want me to remove them).
Hi PVG people,
Hope you are all well and having a good time wherever you may be.
I have some details of some vacancies in both London and Oxford areas if people are interested, for Software Development, Testing and Managerial positions. Please email me if you would like more details.
Cheers,
Alex
lalvani@hotmail.com
