Framework Architecture, Offshore Development and MS(!!!)
Read on for MS interviewing, dealing with offshore development and some design/architecture stuff...So much going on, I haven't had a chance to blog for a while.
It has been very exciting to travel my way toward Microsoft, the ultimate sanctuary. (OK, maybe not for all of you guys, because most of you are already there, but that is one of the main reasons why I want to go!)
There is nothing like learning new technologies by applying them where they are conceived.. Very exciting.. Still many steps to go, hours and interviews to come, but all well worth it. I know I can make a difference at that level the same way I have been making on the Application Architecture, Analysis and Development levels for most of my (way too long.. :)) life.
This is also going on and it is pretty cool: I have been bringing to life an infrastructure conceived by someone else, actually by a pretty brilliant mind, extremely abstract. It is being a huge challenge, very exciting and rewarding to bring his highly conceptual ideas to reality. The final application will be built by a team of OFFSHORE developers based on the framework. This is something developers should start thinking. It is not only necessary to be an excellent coder/ designer/ architect these days. Not even be great with presentations or communication ( to BAs, for example). We need to be good in talking effectively to other cultures, as they are now our developers and peers. Requirements meetings will now be on web casts, with people of different languages and culture. This can be challenging. Time differences are also in the play. My team is 10 hours ahead, in India. My meetings are in the morning. I'm crispy fresh out of bed, they are tired after a heavy day.. get the feeling?
I'll get some sleep now, and soon I'll throw out there some issues with the framework design I am working with and see if I can give people ideas as well as get some opinions and ideas. Issues like:
State between ascx. Infragistics webtree heavy footprint. What is the best way? And more.