The receptionist at Phase 1 is my chic...dun pray pray...hahaha...

Wish good morning to Siew Ping for me...
Please smile and greet her a very good morning.

Online internet banking is i-Banking....that's all there is.
I know there were some new projects coming in for that...6 months back.
Job wise?...normal...crunch time mostly. It's banking lah....
stress level?...no stress on me...doesn't bother me...then again, I quit already....
ppl in the team?...some good some bad....who knows?..changes all the time.

ISCM - International Standard Chartered MAlaysia.?ahhaahha....

shell script?...it's IBM's AIX...if you don't have scripting background, it's gonna be tough. It's just any other software language in UNIX level.

You're gonna need more SQL skills than shell most of the time.....
This is mid-range projects....

Mainframes are COBOLs...haahahah....you get to meet... hulk "Hogan"!.

I want to poison all the fish in the stupid aquarium tanks there....

Eh,...some of the chics leng lui mah.....but i know mostly are pregnant womens around these days...
haahahah....

IT-365?...yeah, i make a lot of calls there...becoz my stupid PC always lock up for no reason!....but nice people...at least I don't need to scream...just open ticket.


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This Friday got Snack Day or not huh?....i wanna skip lunch and come to ex-office for free makan only.....4.30pm as usual ah?....

should have Abalone soup, shark fin dessert and Haegan Dazs for a change...not enuff ask the Pakistani manager to open the ATM vault at Phase One to buy lah.....

hahahaha....

i'm not sure, but since last year, there has been a change, as in staff requires a 3 months notice period.
You can see why they wish to enforce this, when you are there...but I still carry a month period, since I was one of them that was hired a few years back.....Now?...no more..hahahaha...I sudah quit, becoz Snack Day too fattening.


btw, does Siew Ping has a boyfriend already?...anyone knows?...i wanna KOW her.


This post has been edited by finkl1: Jul 5 2007, 01:16 PM

Eh...kenot disclose identity mah....but I give hint that worked with blardy Private Banking Singapore on my last project...have to talk "fai wah" with Hongkie IS team everyday....

Cantonese improved....Working skill decreased. hahahaha...

Eh, dun kow my Siew Ping man.....everytime I see her, I wanna touch her "SK2" soft snowy face....ahhaha....

@guybrush:
Fren,...not to pour cold water lah huh.... IDE programming is fast and simple to pickup...I agree, but not pure language like shell , C ,Cobol or SAS.
In addition, if I threw one of the above defects for you to fix, you think you can manage it using Clearcase environment?.

In case SAS is new to you......
http://www.sas.com/

Well, if they are hiring Visual Basic or C-Builder or J-builder ah....ok lah..I think you can quickly get the hang of it in 1-2 months time.

I think you might also agree with me....creating and developing your own codes is more simple than reading existing codes,especially if it's poorly documented as well.

Anyway, wish you the best.

@guybrush:
Not really a disadvantage for you mate. Delphi is greatly use in many outstanding application these days, even on Linux..eg: Kylix, which I assume you know.
It's just that Delphi is not widely used in Malaysia. I'm also a Delphi user.
In your case, I guess, if you relatively have no working experience in .NET, I suppose they would consider you a "fresh", but it's a question IF you really do want to learn some new for FREE and gain the work experience as well.
But, if it's all about the pay....then you should probably look at a different career window.

Just be wise in planning the path.


@Thinkertoy:
Not really sure the position you are being interviewed on...so I don't know how to give my opinion here.
Scope is basically a very aggressive IT banking environment. Major revenues basically churns from offshore Hong Kong and Singapore.

Most of the projects are demanding. If you haven't worked in an IT banking environment, then,...the "demanding" here is both communication and experience wise. The room for learning is quite small, and most of the work are challenging.

Managers differ. They are those that you might normally meet in a chinese-cultured working environment. They like to live up to their "pasar malam" slogan: "Faster, Cheaper and Better".

When I got hired, they just went for my skills. They already needed me badly for the project, and I was in need to get out from my prev company....so, the screening wasn't much except for my skills.
Pay wise is totally different. Usually, they play the hard to get,...probably need some good negotiation skill....which I lack, and they got me cheap and good.

There are alot of monthly events going on internally in each department.
If you are the interactive sort...well, you will get adjusted quickly.
Doing work with the banking people are also a good exposure, in both meeting them and talking on the phone with them.

I suppose the question here again is....when you are being interviewed by them...., ask yourself...DO you really want to work with him/her?.
So, you gotta know their expectations....If they are the sort that are tolerable for room in improvement, whether in career, interest, personal growth...then, why not?.

@guybrush:
if you have working experience, why join graduate trainee????...
I doubt they should offer you that, as it does not compliment you salary, unless you telling me you earn less than 2k.

work late?...YES, most projects require working late...and YES, Scope pay peanuts increment....
Money is distributed to mostly Mainframe people.....


@Hean:
For my project....yes. Most of the time, I do not have the skillset to start my project. And if you are in a project already, most of the time, you are "putting out fire". You work like a robot, while some manager give crap suggestion and make you do it eventhough you tell them it's a stupid idea.
There is no awards/encouragement given to being innovative or making things easier and better.

Again, I may contradict my earlier statement by telling you... for some parts of my project I did learn something, but that's only because I know these from my previous working experience that now I know it cannot be applied here and there.
What I'm probably nailing are new skillsets.

Do you know where is PJ Hilton?.
It's on the opposite side of the road , where there is a tall building called Menara Axis. Next to Menara Axis, there is a white building ...that's Crystal Plaza.

what "chiq" here?...CHIPS?.CHICK?CHEAP?...CHEAT?..what?...
Scope is the BEST banking company out there.....so good...
they utilize you to the fullest...everything is NEVERENDING?....where got?.....Else, if I got no time , how do I kacau Siew Ping huh?....hahaahhaha

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OT: you sure or not Darren?...I see mostly 40+ year old women....

you dunno who siew ping ah?...aiyoh....u stuck to ur desk for 24x7 like zombie izzit?...miss a snow white leng lui also?.....aisheh....
yes...MO. .."Man's Obsession"....ahahhahahaha....not Management Office.

COBOL?...mainframe...called Hogan.
You need to ask yourself if you want to make a future living with COBOL?.
I'm not sure if it's development, testing, management, biz analysis...
Hogan for one...is very proprietry, so, you learn nothing much but banking transactions, and remember all those shortcut commands navigating that DOS-like menu.

Nothing much that I learnt...except soft skills...talking to people and how to "encourage" people to give you information..

Travelling short term was modest during my time, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia...but, it all depends on your project.
I just know the allowance is good for Hong Kong and Singapore....