There was a time about 17 years ago that I went to SSI to learn ORACLE or SYBASE. I am not sure which one it was. I did not have much of Computer knowledge. And there I was along with a friend, actually a colleague of mine, Ravi Kumar if i am not mistaken, who was a Computer Science Engineering Graduate and who pushed me to attend the course along with him. All with the intention of going abroad I guess.
I think I had a laptop at that time, given to me by my father in law and all that I knew about Computers was to type letters and use Word.
I am a Mechanical Engineer, an academician by profession with a big zero in computer science at that time and a lecturer with about 5 years experience. The person who took our class was barely out of his MCA. I remember him as a sweet kid, who was awed that he was teaching experienced teachers.The first two days was theory classes and the third day was practical class. I was sitting in front of the monitor without knowing what to do. I was really dumbfounded. I had switched on the computer and I did not even know how to enter the software. The instructor came to my table and was shocked to see me sitting without doing anything and asked me why I had not started working.
I told him that I did not know how to operate the computer and work on the lab session. He was really taken aback. He must have been shocked how a person with my computer knowledge must have come to learn a course. Gradually, I did learn and I understood the analytical part but i realised that it was not my cup of tea and gave up the course. My friend however continued the course and ended up in a lucrative software engineering job.
Why did I remember this after so many years ? I got the same feeling today when I opened my blog to check whether I was ready to blog. My wife had created a blog for me. Neither did I know how to go into the blog nor .... I was just staring at the monitor for sometime before I decided to explore. And here it is. I don't know whether I will be able to post this on my own. Let us see....
I think I had a laptop at that time, given to me by my father in law and all that I knew about Computers was to type letters and use Word.
I am a Mechanical Engineer, an academician by profession with a big zero in computer science at that time and a lecturer with about 5 years experience. The person who took our class was barely out of his MCA. I remember him as a sweet kid, who was awed that he was teaching experienced teachers.The first two days was theory classes and the third day was practical class. I was sitting in front of the monitor without knowing what to do. I was really dumbfounded. I had switched on the computer and I did not even know how to enter the software. The instructor came to my table and was shocked to see me sitting without doing anything and asked me why I had not started working.
I told him that I did not know how to operate the computer and work on the lab session. He was really taken aback. He must have been shocked how a person with my computer knowledge must have come to learn a course. Gradually, I did learn and I understood the analytical part but i realised that it was not my cup of tea and gave up the course. My friend however continued the course and ended up in a lucrative software engineering job.
Why did I remember this after so many years ? I got the same feeling today when I opened my blog to check whether I was ready to blog. My wife had created a blog for me. Neither did I know how to go into the blog nor .... I was just staring at the monitor for sometime before I decided to explore. And here it is. I don't know whether I will be able to post this on my own. Let us see....
And your wife is posting comments for you too! You did it on your own, with telephonic help from me. Bad day for me, otherwise I would have run my eye over your piece before you posted it! Next time, hopefully!
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