I've written an e-mail message to friend in India wherein I describe the latest events which are just the things I'd post here, so the message itself is dropping by in this post.
I did not succeed in that unique Java opening I described earlier, but I did it with the VB.NET one, and there's also another one that came about.
Here's the message:
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Hello from Brazil, lady!!!
As I told you, such has been the time without proper
interaction that the opportunity to deliver an e-mail message with the latest
news would be appreciable, so here it goes.
I don’t know how much you’ve kept an eye on my blog along
the time. Therein I’ve been describing the latest events in my pursuit for
another opportunity in the market and also what I’ve been doing for relaxation,
such as my mixed sets.
In sum, I left behind on purpose a job wherein I was 100%
dissatisfied with my duties, deeply involved with support to the end-user and
maintaining the Microsoft servers in the company. The greatest problem was that
I went to that company to become a SharePoint specialist once the company’s
core business is delivering SharePoint solutions, I would get my first finger
dirty with software development, what I immensely wanted.
Contrary to what I expected, little did I put my hands in
SharePoint and I ended up supporting end-users with their printers, Outlooks,
network connectivity problems. I was the only IT professional within the
company, in charge of all servers whose maintenance had never been properly
done, and that was driving me nuts. First, I didn’t want to be in charge of any
of that. Second, I was not totally skilful to keep up with by obligations
there.
Everything contributed for me to move on to something
I’ve always been interested in, software development, and I made up my mind to
quit that job and take up development studies. Java was chosen then, I liked
the platform, I bought books, attended a course on web development, everything
within less than 2 months. Soon, I realized how uninterested the Java market
was in my professional. I was searching for an intern position; my resume began
to expose the necessary knowledge to start off, but no success at all.
Meanwhile, I was receiving SharePoint calls (software
development and infrastructure ones), the former I was not prepared for and the
latter I did not want anymore. Less frequently, .NET development positions came
about. Having faced the reality about the market and the calls I was receiving,
I realized that I should study .NET.
In order to avoid confusion given the similarity of Java
and C# syntaxes, I began with VB.NET, and that was very appropriate because
some days later I participated in a hiring process where VB.NET was demanded.
However, I needed to study a bit of C# to attend similar interviews with this
language.
After some ups and downs, failures and success, I
succeeded in the VB.NET position and I’m starting tomorrow, this Monday. It is
an intern position, strategically located, on the same avenue as my university,
for a salary that is just enough for me. Concurrently, there’s another position
that would be more challenging to me, in which SharePoint would also be
demanded and little by little I’d have my taste with software development, but
with C# instead, what is not a bad deal at all. This SharePoint position is
almost certain, and for a higher salary, but I will have started the VB one
when I receive the feedback about my interview, and that could be problematic.
I understand the nature of the market, that it may happen for us to start a job
and to quit it few days after because of a better offer, but the point is that
I’d like to have 2 open doors to me, both companies, to disappoint neither.
With the VB position, I feel that I would start from
scratch in software development, it would be less demanding, there would not be
any SharePoint involved. In the C# one, they’d like me to install an intranet
for them based on SharePoint. They don’t have any SharePoint expertise, they
don’t know how demanding that could be and how much my professional could cost,
because I’d be dealing with SharePoint infrastructure and development
perspectives, besides ASP.NET development with C#. Practically speaking, there
aren’t SharePoint professionals skilful with both infrastructure and
development, but rare exceptions. If I was supposed to do both things there,
I’d become a rather expensive professional and that would be too demanding for
me. I’m automatically led to think that the VB offer sounds better to me for
the time being.
As a result, I haven’t been studying Java for some time
and I do not see any offer around the corner. Everything leads me to think that
I have to invest in .NET development at this time. That’d have its upsides too,
I’ve grown in the Microsoft world and I could certainly take advantage of the
acquired knowledge to develop targeted at the SharePoint platform down the
road. Having said that, if I accept the VB position, I can defer to a later
time the other position, and letting that door open could be an opportunity to
exploit in the future, after I have learned much about .NET development. Then,
I would knock their door and present myself as a SharePoint developer, more
prepared for the challenge, and this is probably what I’ll do.
I have seen that chatting is not always possible between
us due to the time zones. When you’re online, I’m either at lunch time (once at
work, I’d be in a restaurant or working) or just arrived home from college,
around midnight to 1am. However, Orkut and e-mail is there for us.
Now I see that I’ll definitely work with software
development as I always wanted and this is undoubtedly a victory, I’m on cloud
nine therefore, very happy. When? Tomorrow… 9am that’s awesome!!!
Well, let’s go, .NET ahead, toward new challenges and
achievements.
Take care, kind regards from Brazil!
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