The Story of my "Java" Began...

         The otherday while i was sleeping like a log.... some of my conscious went back to my BITS days, where i was in my Third semester. The semester after i have immediately completed my CP-2 (Computer Programming-II). We had to look out for projects. There are several Professors, Deans, Divisions, Development Cells in bits who offer projects to students. There are a lot of students on chase. My CGPA was 8.21 at that time. I have applied for CAHU (Computer assistant house keeping unit) project in FD-3 (Facutly division - III) under prof. Balsubramaniam. CAHU does projects related to Online Registration for all the BITS Students where students have to register for various professors based on their availability. (Preparing their own time-tables). This project is a dream project for all those students who are at my level (Second year of Engineering) where we are strong in C Programming language. I remember it was in the year 2001. There was some other division called PS Division which was more hyped among the seniors. PS stands for Practise school division.. A lot of modules are written in Java / Advanced Java / J2EE by then gems of Programming Ram-sirish, Zura etc. One of my senior told me that he has some contacts in PS Division and he can get me a project for sure in PS Division. Remember, i dont know the word - "Java" at that point of time. I got short listed for the CAHU project based on the merit. Tomorrow is my PS Division interview and today is my CAHU Interview. I attended CAHU interview and the interviewer was impressed with my C Programming knowledge and he offered me the project. He wanted me to give him a confirmation whether i would be taking up the project or not? Since i spoke to my senior about CAHU vs PS division and he expressed a 200% confidence in getting me a PSD proj... I told CAHU, if you can wait for me till tomorrow until i am done with my PS Division interview, i can tell you. But CAHU doesnt care about it. He repeated - "Do you want to take up this project or not"? I had to say - "Sorry sir, i will not take this project", as i had hope on PS D project. The same day i went to my senior and told him that i have "Denied" CAHU Project... He admired me by saying - "You did the right thing... I have spoken to the panel members about you and they are happy to take you in..."... sounds so sweet for me. This was like an early break through of a dream project for any one on campus. The next day evening i went for an interview in PS Division. The champs in the panel - Ramsirish and Zura... I was clearly loosing the track as i wasnt even aware of Java at that time. They shooted me on C prog and i answered them well. But requirement was in Java and a lot of my seniors are already in the que. I was asked - "Did you apply for any other projects"... "I told, yes, i got CAHU Project but i have denied it"... Interview done. My name was not in the list of selected students. I lost PS Division project. I came back to the same senior and told him - "what is this?"... he told, its very unfortunate dude. Looks like there is a lot of competition this time ! Later i figured out that PS Division does not know this senior at all. No interview panel member knows this senior of mine who assured me a project. Later i figured out that this senior who claims to have a CGPA of 9+ actually has a 5+ CGPA and is a big "SALIM PHEKU"...

        I lost both projects for the fourth semester. I have undergone a Java course in CSD that semester. Worked on a DB interated Java project at IICT for my PS1 Proj. Later the immediate semester, i bagged PS Division project. I bagged it two times in a row. Since i was running short of slots... I was selected as Professional assistant in PSDivision for further two more semesters. I worked in PS Division projects for 2.5 years working completely on the development and maintenance of the large source code projs. This way i was also a informal member in my wing, who can get to know their PS allottment (batchmates who are waiting to hear the news)... ! All my wingies used to know their PS Stations before hand until its out officially...