About Abdul

I’ve been a programmer for over 9 years (Today I am completing 9 years in IT industry) now, and I’ve read a lot of programming related books in order to improve my skills and keep up with technology. I’ve always wanted to make a list of best books for programmers.  Here’s my list of “Timeless Classics for Programmers” http://goo.gl/MZ7F. If you want to be a great programmer , these books are a MUST read for you.

Most architects begin their career as developers. An architect has new responsibilities and greater authority in determining how a system is built. You may find it difficult to let go of what you did as a developer in your new role as an architect. Worse, you may feel it’s important for you to exercise a lot of control over how developers do their work to implement the design. It will be very important to your success and your team’s success to give all of your teammates enough autonomy to exercise their own creativity and abilities. Read more…

The company where I work– once apon a time India’s 4th largest IT company — is aggressively pursuing layoffs. Past few years company was hot favourite of Americans and Europeans – They used to say :”this code is so boring, I’d pay Indians myself to write it”.  That’s how indian service companies became so rich and reached the zen of software export.  But, today things are very different. Now it’s time to start digging ourselves out by treating our jobs like an actual engineering profession instead of a license to print money. Otherwise we will be extinct very soon. Read more…

Way back in 2001,  my organization (TCS) was on a fast pace to join the league of six sigma adopted organizations in the world.  Starting from greenbelt training sessions to six sigma projects , everyway TCS was gaining momentum in the market.   During first year of my career,  I also wanted to do something that I can towards my organizations success. Read more…

Have you ever gotten that classic job interview question, “where do you see yourself in five years?” The “where do you see yourself in five years” question is sort of glib, and most people have a pat answer they give to interviewers. But I think this is a different and more serious class of question, one that deserves real consideration. Not for the interviewer’s benefit, but for your own benefit. Read more…