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Mon 20 Mar 2006

Google Search

Posted in News at 1:15 pm by Paul Venkatesh

Try typing “failure” into google and see what the top result is.

I curently get this Google Search

Sun 26 Feb 2006

Why should I use RSS/XML?

Posted in Resources at 11:25 am by Paul Venkatesh

On a lot of web pages, you see little RSS Logo logos (or little XML Logo logo as on this page). What are these logos you may be asking yourself?

RSS stands for either RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, which is a bit of a mouthful, but in reality means that the content is accessible in a well structured XML format. Using a tool such as FeedReader, you can add all the web pages you are interested in (which provide RSS/XML feeds), and when they are updated, you get notified of it. There are a number of other clients which may be found quickly by searching for RSS aggregator.

This is especially useful for infrequently updated sites (such as this one ;) ) and saves you the trouble of polling all the sites in which you are interested to see if new articles have been posted. The RSS aggregator (such as FeedReader) does all the polling for you, and informs you that a new article is available at that site.

Sun 26 Feb 2006

C++ Interview Questions

Posted in Interview Help at 11:04 am by Paul Venkatesh

What is wrong with this piece of code?

class A
{
    private:
      int x, y;

   public:
      A():y(0), x(y)
      {
      }
}

What is Resource Acquisition is Initialisation? When would you use it?

Thu 9 Feb 2006

Chelsea Training Video

Posted in Social at 9:38 am by Paul Venkatesh

Bearing in mind the Robben’s outrageous dive at the recent Chelsea vs Liverpool match, I thought some people might find this amusing.

Mon 6 Feb 2006

3.5G Embedded Software Engineer Job

Posted in Job Listings at 10:59 am by Paul Venkatesh

Taken from the nnobc mailing list.

DESCRIPTION
The purpose of these roles is to design, write & test embedded communications software for 3rd generation mobile telephones. These challenging roles will involve support of a rapidly expanding portfolio of products including problem investigation & fixing as well as the ongoing development & enhancement of WCDMA Radio Access Network implementation.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To take ownership of the idle measurement evaluation code, including error investigation & fixing, code development for improvements & optimistations, test harness development & answering ad-hoc enquiries. Also to provide general UE trace log analysis support, IWT on-site support and general support to other teams within WRAN.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Must have completed a Bachelor’s or Masters Degree or HNC/HND in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or equivalent area.

Essential:

  • A background in telecommunications
  • Embedded and real time programming experience
  • Full understanding of the software development lifecycle
  • Basic C programming skills
  • Willing and have the ability to travel abroad as and when require
  • Good problem solving skills and be able to understand complex specifications
  • Good attention to detail and have a proactive approach to work
  • Able to work to tight timescales with changing and sometimes conflicting requirements and priorities
  • Able to communicate effectively and work in a team environment
  • Able to write clear, concise and understandable reports
  • Advanced C programming skills
  • Experience of software development for Layer 1-3 communications protocols
  • A background in 3G protocols
  • Experience of software configuration management systems
  • Appreciation of low level coding issues (eg h/w drivers, assembly code, DSP cores)
  • Experience of real-time operating systems
  • Experience of code optimisation for minimum cycles & memory
  • An understanding of state machines
  • Experience of developing Windows applications
  • Experience of other languages: Visual C++, C#, Perl

Contact:
Robert Sigley
EMEA Telecoms Manager
Futuro Group
5th floor, Tubs Hill House, London Road,
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1BL United Kingdom
tel. 0044 (0) 1732 468 005
cell. 0044 (0) 7908 859 578
fax. 0044 (0) 1732 469 367
email: robert.sigley@futurogrp.com
web. www.futurogrp.com

Wed 25 Jan 2006

Mr Hillyard’s Skiing Trip

Posted in Social at 10:26 am by Paul Venkatesh

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.

Hillyard upside-down

Sun 22 Jan 2006

Free Ebooks

Posted in Resources at 12:15 pm by Paul Venkatesh

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/.

Thu 19 Jan 2006

More Details on Job Vacancies

Posted in Job Listings at 10:30 am by lalvani

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
———
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

Sat 7 Jan 2006

Learning Resources

Posted in Resources at 10:49 am by Paul Venkatesh

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.

Fri 6 Jan 2006

Contact Email Failures

Posted in News at 8:09 pm by Paul Venkatesh

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).

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