One of the most followed problem solving or rather say an approach to generate efficient solution for the situation or a problem identified as an issue or blocker some stumbled upon to get thru or break thru!
Mobile App Testing -IOS, Android – Istqb
Istqb has a new certification for the mobile application testing, it has the necessary info on the general testing requirements and mindset to validate the mobile app
Usage of our day to day needs in Mobile devices have thrived in recent years, resulting in better and more efficient mobile as in all aspects of business and industry domains.
Validation of the native apps in the Android or iOS devices have increased rapidly.
Considerations:
- Usability/Accessibility/readability
- Performance/Crash
- Smoke/Regression/User Acceptance
Django – Introduction
Django is a web framework in python programming language.
Before one starts to learn it, pre-requisite or basics of python is nice to have alongside HTML, CSS, Java Script, JQuery etc. for creation of a decent enough web application.
Objective of the outcome of the application to be created must be set, and Proof of Concept of whether it can be feasible or not is to be analyzed first.
LOC, Credit card Interest rate calculation comparison based on the usage
| Credit card | Annual Interest rate | Membership | Due date differs, for ex: | Cashback/Moneyback |
| Walmart Rewards Master card | 25.99% | No Annual Fees | 6th | Ex: Yes, maximum of 5$ can be redeemed in the bill paid using wmrmc in Walmart |
| Costco CIBC Master card | 19.75% | Costco membership $60, $120 | 6th | Based on the spendings yearly cashback voucher is provided can be redeemed while purchasing in Costco |
Splunk – best practices
Lucid Works – Fusion – Search and Discovery – Powering the Ecommerce Web
In the Banking or Ecommerce domain or in genral a website having the search functionality used to power the website, there are several search engines which can be used to empower the functionality. One such product is Lucid works!
A few of the common standpoints in the requirements can be Keyword mapping to the search results, Ex: products, pages.
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- Ex: while searching for notebooks, the results must not have papers or calculators etc.
- optimization of the search!
General info:
Each search term is different and may fetch different results
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- difference between traditional and semantic search
- Statistical Phrase identifier
- Semantic Knowledge Graph
- the SE must understand what the user is trying to search, Machine learning, etc…
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Reference info:
AWS Aurora Database migration and Best Practices
The information on the AWS Aurora and DataMigration info from Oracle is shared in the linked in vlog: LinkedIn | YouTube | Krishna Sarabu | Joseph DiCaro
There are several blogs supplied by AWS for self-migration and many vendors listed by AWS who can help in the migration of the database.
A few notes are mentioned below:
- Scalability
- Amazon DMS- Data Migration Service
- AWS- Schema Conversion tool – Assessment report in csv – helps to create reports
- Oracle to AWS Aurora database migration support.
- DMS Trouble shooting blogs!
Best Practices:
- Table spaces
- Index Types: Hash, B-Tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN, SP-GiST, partial, expression
- Data types: 64 base types
- Dual Table – Do not mock dual table- use view if necessary
- Nulls- PostgreSQL and Oracle use nulls differently
- Sequences – in PostgreSQL- each session has its own cache
- Exceptions
- Design guidelines
How to install RPM packages in Linux Mint using Alien
Splunk Business Analyst – List of Roles and Responsibilities
Business Analyst – Splunk related project
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to identify problems from a functional perspective, specifically when supporting end-user testing and training. Includes proficiency with such tools as Splunk, AppDynamics, etc.
- Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to understand business performance
- Analyze process issues and bottlenecks and to make improvements
- Communicate and validate requirements with relevant stakeholders
- Develop and maintain reporting tools
- Perform data discovery, analysis, and modeling
- Collaborate with product manager on roadmap planning and prioritization
Jobs – Things to know – Questions to HR or Accountant -Full time Permanent vs Incorporated
- Work time zone: Is it ET, PT or CT
- Offshore calls , night meetings?
- Location: Onsite, remote, hybrid?
- Remote: work from the country or anywhere but same time zone?
- Onsite: Location?
- Hybrid : office 2 days a week?
- Notice Period: Ex: 15 days or 1 month
- Is the Role Full time Contract or a permanent role
- If the role is a Contract/Incorporated, then how many hours per week in total? ex: 37.5 or 40
- Cost to the Company per hour, hourly rate? ex: $50
- Yearly workable hours =2000 hours?
- Is there any Offshore team, do i need to send time in a specific time zone?
- Can i Log extra effort if worked in other time zones too or can make my hours flexible.
- If it’s a full-time permanent Role:
- If it’s full time, what’s the salary?
- How has the promotion and progression in the company in recent times?
- Total number of vacation leaves provided, Christmas Holidays?
- How many days of maternity/paternity leaves available?
- Sick days leave
- Salary in those maternity/paternity leaves?
- Other Perks?
- Yearly education allowance:
- Yearly certification, examination fee re-imbursement
- Seminar sessions included for FTE, but one may have to pay500$ at least if we are planning it personally.
- External health Insurance?
- Dental
- Eye
- Mental-Health
- To your Accountant:
- Fee to file per year:
- How much taxes to pay if earned one hundred thousand as fulltime permanent vs incorporated
- including benefits is kindly ask your accountant samples of any template to compare! – tis will be good to negotiate
- For Example: and not fact: 75000$ per annum full time permanent roll is equivalent to 50$ per hour for a year of 2000 workable hours?
- considering the below items to be paid to the Gov or Insurance:
- Income Tax:
- GST:
- Corporate Tax:
- Accountant Fee:
- External Insurance: (Self – can we continue use of the insurance on paid leave?)- upgradable?
- Dental –
- Eye
- Physiotherapist:
- Provident fund
- Employee insurance
- Employee insurance company
- Incorporation registration: provincial/federal
- Sick leave: in days convert to salary, can be used incorporation mode if the user takes a day off!
- Invisible facts for incorporated jobs:
- mental pressure on finding job once the current contract ends in let’s say 3-6 months – Cannot be equated to money!
- Satisfaction that on numbers you are earning more than a full time, until u know the facts after paying year1,2 taxes!
- Salary slabs on taxes:
- 0-$25000
- $25000-50000
- $50000-75000
- Always on the run to find new jobs
- On a better note, the resume is tuned better as value ads are updated regularly based on the preparation for the interviews.