From Caracas

From last Thursday, I've been in Caracas in order to look for a job. I've had a couple of interviews with some companies, one of them is e-Power Outsourcing SA Company. This company is looking for people with several knowledge in Java, C++ as core language and strongly knowledge in web technologies in order to teach those to a groups of people with basic knowledge in programming language and Web Development. This project was created for the MCT (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología in english Science and Technology Ministry). IBM created the program of this training and e-Power company is managed these resources. This is a social program of the Venezuelan Government.

Yesterday, I was an interview with Todo1 Mercantil company. In general, the interview was good. During the morning, I had to take some tests required by Human Resource Department and then I had to talk with Human Resource's Manager to discuss about my experiences and the wage agreement. After noon, I had an interview with the Manager that is looking for the new resource or employer in Todo1 Mercantil. The position that they're offering to me is Support Analyst. I'm waiting for their call and the wage agreement.

Looking for a Job

Last month, the company which I was working definitely "close". Since, I've been looking for a job both inside of Venezuela and out of Venezuela. About out of Venezuela, it's very difficult to get a job out of here because most of the companies are looking for people that live in the same country where the companies are located. I've signed in on many Job sites and I've posted my resume on many jobs offer. Most of them are provided by USA companies. Also, I've sent my resume on jobs posted by Costa Rica Companies.

About inside of Venezuela, there are many jobs on Caracas. I have some jobs offer there. The problem with Caracas is that there are too many people that are living there and the city is overcrowded. Over last years, the delinquency is being increase on it. Also, the salaries on most of the companies are very low. Yesterday, I received a call from e-Power Outsourcing SA company. They are looking for people with Java technologies knowledges. I will have an appointment with them next friday.

Also, I've being entered resumes in other companies such as IBM, Todo1 Mercantil and some more. I hope to find a good job. God, please help me!!!

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Dear readers,

Today I received an interesting E-mail from my boss. After I've read these articles, I thought to share the content of them with you. As you can see in the title, they're related to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I hope you can enjoy these reading. They're really interesting. I took about 20 minutes to read them. Get a cup of coffee, some cookies or snacks whether you want to. If you have any issue with the language, you could read of any of the available languages published on the article. Of course, I read the articles in spanish language in order to get better understanding of the articles.

Moved to .Net Team

Approximately 3 week ago, I was moved to .Net Team on my company. So, I've been studying .Net Framework and taking self training classes to learn about this tool. I think .Net is a great tool which you can create application quickly. I've been spending time configuring some tools made for this framework, such as NLog ( Net Log), NHibernate (Net Hibernate) and some others. Some of this tool were configured successfully and I've got some problems to integrate some of them with this Framework. With respect to Java, I hope to learn more about this language. I've been gotten a great knowledge during my development time on this company.

Generating XML templates for JasperReports

JasperReports helps organizations generate affordable business data reports using an XML template. The XML template provides the key report information such as the SQL query, report title, column headers, and database fields. The article called Generating XML templates for JasperReports using Rational Application Developer displays useful information about how you could create custom JasperReports templates by using JasperReports and Velocity technologies.

Harry Potter Parody

Harry Potter parody is a funny video provided by one of the my older co-workers Gabriel Guerrero. Here you have the video.

I hope to enjoy it. It's really funny.

How you can improve your English Skills

Sometime ago, I've been interested on improve my English skills, specially the Listening and Speaking Skills. To improve Listening skill, I've found a famous page called ESL Pod. On this page, you can find a lot of podcasts which include short conversations about Business, Transportation, English Cafe, Daily Life and much more. Some of these podcasts include a Learning guide which you can read while you're listening the podcast. Also, you can become an ESL podcast member, but you have to pay $10 per month (That is not good for me) to get more information about podcast transcripts, vocabulary, extra explanations, so on. You can use iTunes software to download most of these free podcasts.

About Speaking skill, you can use Skype Software to contact foreign people interested on improve their English Skills.

I hope to enjoy it. Have fun!!!