ASSIGNMENT 5

PART 1: I strongly think it is not a good idea to friend a supervisor on Facebook. Facebook is a social platform where people tend to share a lot of things about their personal life which says something more about their likes, interests, political views. I believe its better not to involve professional life with personal life. Professional life should be kept away from personal life and adding people at workplace to Facebook can lead to such things. Personally, I never add supervisors and even colleagues on my Facebook profile. I prefer to maintain a strictly professional yet friendly relation with people at my work place but I think that the level of transparency to personal lives should be kept as minimal as possible. Many a times people share many personal thoughts and controversial views regarding public issues which could be contrary to few others opinions in the workplace. This way there is a chance of personal discrepancies to arise within the team which could lead to an unhealthy environment in the workplace affecting the productivity atleast to an extent if not significantly. Same is the case if we look from a Supervisors perspective. By adding employees in Facebook and getting to know them personally can change the managers attitude towards his employees and there is a chance that he could act biased while taking decisions. The relation between supervisors and supervisees should be limited to workplace and beyond that only social gatherings once in a while should be fine. More of social life could lead to the formation of like minded groups within the team which would end up reducing the overall productivity of the team as a whole and the workplace ambience is affected badly.

PART 2: Career Goals: I am working as Software Test Engineer currently and I have more than 2 years of experience in this field. In the next couple of years I plan to move to Software Development and I wish to be a successful ETL developer. Down the line, in the next 5 to 10 years I want to

hold the position of a Lead ETL designer/developer for a Leading organization, having a highly influentual role and high visibility in the organization.

Key Attributes and Skills: Excellent SQL skills. Capable of writing complex queries and decoding bugs to fix issues. Strong communication skills and ability to interact with various people at different levels in the organization hierarchy. Out of box thinker, always ready to take up initiative when needed. Excellent Team player with ability to work in multiple teams simultaneously Creative and passionate about my profession Honest and trustworthy

Here is a sample job requirement that is in line with my next job I aspire to be in.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Experience

Minimum three years of experience (mid-level Developer) in developing and deploying large scale ETL systems using Informatica/PowerCenter

Three plus years of experience with Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, and related database tools Able to test and performance tune SQL Six plus years of responsible experience within Information Technology departments

Knowledge/Skills

Proficient/competent to work on most phases of ETL programming

Working knowledge of various business process and system modeling tools including: Data Flow Diagrams, Process Models, ER diagrams, Dimensional Data Models, Context Models, Event Modeling, State Modeling, Process decomposition, and Use Case Scenarios.

Strong written and verbal communication skills Works under minimal supervision Willing to do whatever work is needed in order to help the team and the organization succeed: manual testing, test automation, build improvements

Customer oriented: meets individual commitments, works with the team to achieve team commitments, and responds to requests in a timely manner, willing to help

Ability to focus on and solve problems, but with a willingness to ask for help when needed Collaborate with product owners, architects, operations support to define solutions Proficiency in capturing and analyzing requirements, presenting alternative solutions, recommending the appropriate design, developing the solution to meet the requirements, and maintaining required documentation

Participate in a team environment and mentor less experienced team members Driven to excel in areas of technical expertise With respect to the above mentioned job, Strengths: Strong technical knowledge in SQL, PL/SQL which is the key aspect of this position and I consider myself very efficient in this with reasonably good experience. I have excellent verbal communication skills and can address many people in meetings. I have the ability to convey information very effectively with the right dose of content and clarity, rather than complicating things with unnecessary information. I am very passionate about my work and always taking up initiative to get things started. This attribute of mine gives me the ability to work under minimal supervision and to handle situations under pressure very effectively. I am an excellent team player and I have the ability to work with multiple teams simultaneously which is a crucial attribute needed for this position. I can take up additional tasks to help other resources in the team and work towards the successful

accomplishment of deliverables. Also I have experience in both in Development and Testing platforms and have thorough understanding of the SDLC lifecycle. This helps to take up any task when needed. I have this default mindset to come up with out of box ideas which is a key to this position as it requires lot of inputs while framing up the entire design and someone with such mindset is an ideal fit for the role because it requires suggesting valid recommendations and alternative solutions.

Weaknesses: 1) I do not have the required experience in ETL development that is needed for this position 2) I am not so good when it comes to Written communication

Can you describe for me challenges you may have to overcome to be successful in this job?

I would consider myself an ideal fit for this position, considering my educational qualifications and my strengths which would make me excel in this job. But the only challenge that I have in taking up this position is the lack of required experience in a specific area(ETL Development) which is needed for this job. Though I have a good overall experience in the IT field, I will have to put in some extra efforts to gain expertise in ETL development. If I am able to excel in this aspect, then without any second thought I would be the right candidate for this job.

How will you compensate for abilities or attributes that you have not fully developed?

Though I do not have required experience in ETL development, I have a lot of relevant experience which make me very familiar with the job responsibilities. I am pretty sure that my overall experience in the IT field and my strong SQL skills will enable me to get upto the necessary speed very quickly. My innovative and passionate nature will help me to put in extra efforts to compensate for my lack of sufficient experience.

What would you expect the company to do for you to ensure your success in this job?

I know the company has a lot of credibility in the outside market and this opportunity to work for this company is itself a very great honor and gives me a lot of confidence and boost to work towards the path of success. Also, this place has few of the best resources, in the company of whom I can get to learn many new things which would contribute to the success of my job. Working for this prestigious organization would give me a lot of professional satisfaction which is enough to drive me towards my goals and other than this there is nothing in specific that I expect the company to do.