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I'm terribly sorry for bring unresponsive. I received email communication from Tech Mahindra on Thursday that I'll be getting the offer letter and my date of joining is March 20. I'm yet to receive the letter as this is kind of a long weekend here in India. Therefore I don't know about how long the training period will be for me. I did well in the programming test and its said that candidates acing the programming test would be put on a fast track. Most of the work in software companies are outsourced to India, because its cheap. And the fact that most software companies are service oriented, the demand is volatile. I was selected by the company in the campus placement program, not officially termed as an employee. So, no salary. This is exactly why I think its beneficial to get certified in hardware and infrastructure. Or get a better job after contract expires.

I couldn't find the NextUp program in India. How is NextUp program different from MCP? I understand that NextUp offers classes on accreditation exams but all the classes and exam locations are in Australia. I'd like to know if going for a certification would be beneficial to me now. Should I try for other jobs for now? I pretty much have no idea.

Bump. I've had no communications from the software company regarding joining as of yet. I've decided to go with MCSA certification in Cloud Technologies. I'm looking into cloud technologies and infrastructure because I understand that even if I get a joining date and get into the company as an Associate Software Engineer; I'd have to undergo training and if I'm lucky enough to get a project, I'd be working. Else, I'd have to be on bench and after some time I'd be let off. Every company needs a person to handle their infrastructure and the requirement for those posts don't dry up unlike a developer role in India which mainly relies upon work being outsourced. That's why I've been thinking I'd benefit from getting a certification in hardware and infrastructure. But my worry is that MCSA has prerequisites like experience for a couple of years managing IT. I'm fairly adept at technology and I'm sure I can crack the exams but is it appropriate for me as a fresher right out of college.

Unfortunately no. That is due to the fact that many of the Indian Tech companies have delayed taking in freshers. I mean, nobody ever gave even tentative dates as to when joining would be issued. But by the end of January, most of my peer-group have received a joining date. Receiving a joining date and getting assigned to a project are completely different things. Many of them have undergone training and are made to sit on bench, waiting. Also, I've come across people who have applied to various jobs. They get called in for interview and get told to wait a couple months. The IT field as a whole is going through this phase. That's why I'm thinking of getting a certification from Microsoft. An engineering degree from a regional college won't cut it anymore. I've come to understand that it is better to have a certification from Microsoft rather than CompTIA. Is that true?

Yes, I'm thinking to do the same.

The CompTIA certifications completely escaped my mind. Is that something I can go for? I'm not residing in the USA, I'm in India.

Hello all, I'm posting this topic here in the Off Topic section as I don't think this subject belongs in any other section. If I'm wrong, please move this thread to a more suitable section. Now, I've just graduated from an Engineering college specializing in Computer Science and Engineering. I say "just" but it has been nearly 7 months since then. I got selected by a software company called "Tech Mahindra" during my 7th semester (Oct 2016). I've been waiting for a joining date from them for the past 7 months and nothing substantial has come yet. From July 2017 to December 2017 I had turned my laptop into a hackintosh, brushed up my web development skills, learning new things like ReactJS, AngularJS, Laravel, Node and many other web development technologies (just the basics, I find Traversy Media in youtube to be the best at this.) just to keep my mind off of the Tech Mahindra situation. In December, I received a mail from them stating that I'd be subject to an "assessment" to test my employ-ability. In January, I got a date for my assessment. On 31st I gave my assessment and it was easy enough for me. I had questions from RDBMS, Software Engineering, Programming Techniques and Java. I had to code in Java as well. It all went fine. Still, nothing regarding the joining was mentioned. I'm thinking of taking up certified courses from Microsoft and add to my resume. I'm thinking of moving on from Tech Mahindra in search of a job elsewhere. I'd like a pointer to what courses would be helpful to me. There are a couple of courses I'm interested in but don't know where to start.

The School IT and the management is to blame. But blaming won't get you far. Nothing will. When my friend and I volunteered to develop a web app for the inter-college fest thing and the website for that event, all logic and common sense were thrown out the window. I realised that teachers, system administrators sometimes have over-inflated ego. Schools and the IT department at the school don't really care what the student's opinions are. They have their own way of doing things and not bothered of how archaic that may be. The school I went to had as usual, restricted access to the internet. What was stupid however, was the fact that the bandwidth for the ftp server in the school was limited. Couldn't download the Android SDK from the school, nor the deprecated version on the ftp server either. Only thing you can do is to do things on your own. Use computers at your home. Get open source software if you want something done and talk to the faculty who might be slightly technically inclined. They sometimes do help.

Take a look at the Task Manager and see if any application/process/service is hogging too much of the system's resources.