What I like best about a career in Software
Development (Programming)?
One of the most important thing that we all must do is -
build our brain, build our logical thinking faculty, analytical ability,
reasoning ability, etc. Few other professions do more to challenge, exercise and develop
our brain. Take for
example the following source code. What is the output of the following java code. On
a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most
difficult, this code would be just about 0.5 (zero point five) or may be
0.1. Designing and analyzing multithreaded java programs, parallel processing programs - I think would rate at about 8
or 9/10. You should be able to analyze the source code below, run it
on your brain's cpu and come up with the right answer.
Many programmers with over ten years experience are unable to answer this simple question, or
understand the concepts which this source code is based on. There are hundreds
of important java-j2ee concepts that we learn in our training program, which, several
programmers with over ten years experience do not understand, because they did
not go through a formal training program.
public class A
{
static
{
System.out.println("3");
}
A()
{
System.out.println("2");
}
static
{
System.out.println("4");
}
public static void main(String [] args)
{
System.out.println("5");
A a1 = new A();
System.out.println("1");
}
}
How we can begin a career in programming or
software engineering at SpaceAge?
One of the best way to begin a career in computer
programming or software engineering at SpaceAge is through our Train-to-Hire Program,
i.e. if you don't have the required skills or the required level of experience,
you can apply for our Train-to-Hire Program.
Computer Science Professors from leading universities,
individuals with a Ph.D., in Computer Science, an individual with a Ph.D.
from Harvard and a Post Doctoral
from Harvard, individuals with over fifteen years industry experience, individuals
with MS, BS, etc., have gone through our Train-to-Hire Program.
Often we hire
programmers, who have spend thousands of dollars, purchasing training services
from various companies, and yet not benefited fully. In March 2006 we hired
an individual (train-to-hire program) with over Eighteen years software
industry experience. For one full year, from April 2000 to April 2001, he
purchased training in various technologies such as Java, J2EE, Oracle,
Solaris, MS SQL Server, etc., from various companies such as Sun Microsystems,
Learning Tree International, Allaire Education Center, DevelopMentor, New
Horizons and BEA. In year 2002 for three months he purchased training in
.NET technologies from SetFocus. For the three month training at SetFocus
he paid $ 10,000.00. He paid several thousands of dollars for training. But,
what exactly was the total price he paid? The total price he paid is the
total cost of training (training fees) plus "loss of salary"
- well over $ 140,000.00. Despite all the training and project
experience, he was laid off in August 2005 and finally he joined our train
to hire program in March 2006. What if he had joined our training program
ten years back? Over the past ten years, he would have earned at
least $300,000.00 more and he may have had zero down time.
Our clients say
- "we are the best."
Everyone who
has gone through our training program say: "we are the best."
We are a team of top notch software professionals. We
provide software development services to fortune 500 clients such as JPM
Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Prudential,
Lucent, AT&T, Verizon, etc. The projects are long term. Many of us have
been working on the same client project for over five years.
For our clients we
undertake application development, application integration, technology
maintenance, training, etc.
Our clients outsource complete or part
of their Information Technology requirements to us. Some clients
outsource application development projects and we develop such projects at
our site, while some clients due to security, infrastructure and business reasons
require that we work on-site.
We work
with state-of-the art technologies -
"recession proof technologies". We may work at SpaceAge site or at various client
sites.
In SpaceAge we
focus on a niche, high end area of the market. For application development
and application integration work that we undertake, the skill sets
and the expertise level required are such that it is difficult to find a
person who has it all. A person who has the minimal essential
skills and the potential to be trained, can opt to join through our
train-to-hire program.
Our training program adds value to the individual, to the community and to
the economy.
Our training
catapults your career to great heights. Over the next ten to twenty years, we
help you earn $ 500K more than any other company. We provide unmatched job
security. We add value to your life. If selected, we will expect a
commitment to grow together.
We
are compassionate, we are supportive. We have seen project managers
lay off employees during prolonged illness, injury, accident, pregnancy, child
birth, technology change, etc. As long as you are honest, sincere and
following our guidelines - we support you - in good times and in bad
times.
Job security does
not lie in the size of a company. It lies in our competence. Job security
comes from Intellect, Integrity and Teamwork.
Please read the 'Work Ethics' page.
WHAT
WE ARE LOOKING FOR ?
We are looking for
Computer Programmers / Software Engineers with experience in the
following technologies (must have over 8/10 expertise level):
Java, JSP, Servlets, Struts,
Spring, Hibernate, EJB, MDB, JMS, JDBC, Multithreading, XML, OOD,
Rational Rose, RUP, UML, RDBMS, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, JavaScript, HTML,
AJAX, Websphere, Weblogic, SOA, WebServices, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, MQ Series,
C++, ANT, Log4J, CVS, Unix Shell Scripts.
Majority
of our clients are in NYC/NJ area. Some can be outside of Tri State
area.
A degree in
Computer Science is highly desired.
Every software
project requires some new technologies and lot of learning. Ability
to learn new technologies quickly, efficiently is mandatory for
success.
Intellect,
Integrity and Team work are mandatory, must have personality
traits.
HOW
TO APPLY ?
There are two
channels.
CHANNEL-1: STRAIGHT HIRE :
(a) You must have
strong hands-on experience in at least 80% of the skills listed above.
(b) In a technical
test you must score at least 8/10 in 80% of the skills listed above.
(c) If the above
preconditions are met then we can try to assign you to a project at SpaceAge
site or client site.
(d) Employment with
SpaceAge begins the day you begin work on a software project.
CHANNEL-2:
TRAIN-TO-HIRE :
(PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING)
(a) You must have
strong hands-on experience in at least 25% of the skills listed above.
(b) In a technical
test you must score at least 5/10 in 25% or more of the skills listed above.
(c) If the above
preconditions are met, you can join our life transforming
Train-to-Hire Program. Under this program you will receive pre-employment
training - guided training for one to five months and later you will be
assigned to work on a software project. Training for one to three months is
given free of cost in return for a commitment to work with SpaceAge for a
period of three years, else you will be required to pay the cost of
training.
(d) Employment with SpaceAge
begins the day you begin work on a software project.
We strive to hire
those who have Intellect and Integrity, and want to have a career with
SpaceAge. In Human relations, people who succeed are those who understand that
there are challenges in every human relationship. Some walk away, while
some choose to stay and make it work. Wise, responsible people are
committed to make it work.
Behind every Olympic gold medallist stands a
highly competent Olympian Coach. If Joe Bloom is looking for a project,
Joe will need a competent coach who can assess his current skills, design a
custom training program, guide and manage his training, assess the market and
do what ever it takes to assign him to work on a project. You need a competent
team managing your training, career, marketing, interviews, etc. If you
understand this (like all Olympians do), then you have the right frame of mind
to apply for the train-to-hire program. We will still have to assess your
aptitude and attitude.
If a person
is not able to land a project– there are several reasons and the most
significant reason is - ‘there is a Gap’. There is a Gap in skill set and in
depth of experience, between what you have and what the market
needs.
Please Email Resume
to -
SpaceLabs@verizon.net
PLEASE EMAIL
RESUME, Please do not call. We are sorry, we cannot handle large volume of
telephone calls. If your background meets our requirement, we will get in
touch with you.
Please specify in
Email Subject : <SAWS>
Our Jersey City
office address is - 10 Huron Avenue, Suite 1-N, Jersey City, New Jersey
-07306. It is behind St. Johns Church on JFK Boulevard. St. Johns Church is on
the opposite side of the road from 3025 JFK Boulevard.
Journal Square Path (train) Station is four blocks away (six minutes
walk). We have Path trains coming in from Newark, Hoboken and New York City (33rd
Street and WTC).
Train-to-Hire Program
What is Train-to-Hire Program?
SpaceAge sells training services. It is our humble assessment, currently,
the life transforming training services we provide, no college, no university and no
other company can match. Our training makes a tremendous difference
in a person's life. SpaceAge training program is one of the most intellectually
challenging and exciting training program you can enroll in. It is
a rigorous test of both - your intellectual faculties and approach to
life. SpaceAge training program is based on research in developing human potential (since 1977 when
I was 17 years old) and technology (since
1981).
Individuals can choose to purchase training services
under training-only-program at a rate ranging from $1500 to $2500 per week of training
and after completion of training choose to join SpaceAge or join any other
company.
Or, an individual can choose to receive training under train-to-hire
program, virtually free of cost i.e. pay nothing, if after completion of
training, he/she agrees to join SpaceAge and work for SpaceAge for an
agreed upon duration. Only in the situation that the individual does not join
SpaceAge or does not work for SpaceAge for the agreed on duration, he/she is
required to pay for the training.
At least four out of every ten
individuals who join training, do not complete training since they do not have
what it takes to complete training or lack finances or lack support of loved
ones.
While on training under train-to-hire program, an individual is not
an employee. Employment is not guaranteed. Whether training succeeds or fails depends
on the individual himself. "I know who I am, I don't know who you are, I
cannot speak for you, I dont know what intellect and attitude you have." You have
to do some self analysis, and accurately assess how much intellect and ability
you have, how much will power and determination you have, what level of
support you have from your support group, do you need someone to hold
your hand in order to teach you how to walk, do you need lectures all day
long, do you need spoon feeding, can you focus, concentrate for over 50 hours
per week, can you understand what you read, can you understand and follow all
training policies, etc.
What is the purpose of Train-to-Hire
Program?
The
goal of Train-to-Hire Program is give individuals a rare opportunity to
train in recession proof technologies and become eligible for high paying
Java-J2EE Programming Jobs at SpaceAge.
Think of SpaceAge Train-to-Hire Program at SpaceAge
Training Division as part business and part community welfare work -
helping individuals gain employment with SpaceAge Software Services
Division.
While on training, an individual is "not an employee
of SpaceAge". Employment commences after completion of training.
This is a guided training program,
just like when you do a Ph.D., at MIT or IIT. Compared to college
programs, the intellectual level of our training program is much higher than
MS and much more challenging than a Ph.D. It has a very sharp focus on what
the industry needs and what it takes to design, engineer and write good
programs - large, mission critical programs for fortune 100 companies. If
during MS you have studied Core Java, on our scale you would most likely rate
2/10. Our training program will help you rise from 2/10 to
9/10.
What
is the duration of training?
Duration of training and content of the program depends
on skill set gap and expertise level gap. To give an analogy, imagine, the
goal of training is to help you lift 100 pounds of weight in three months
time. If ten individuals join this training program, not every one will reach
the finish line at the same time, since when the training began, not every one
was standing at the same point at the start line. When we begin the race, one
individual may already be lifting 80 pounds and another just 10 pounds. You can
try out the train-to-hire program free for five days during which time we will
assess how much time you will take to complete training after which you can
decide if this is something you are interested in.
Duration of training depends on
intellect, ability, will power, determination, interest, enthusiasm, support
from your loved ones, ability to study for over 50 hours a week and most
important - following all training guidelines.
This
invaluable training will make the difference between those who have a job and
those without.
While on
training you have to have the ability to study over 50 hours a
week.
You will be
assigned to work on a client project at SpaceAge site or at client site. In
either case the procedure for assignment to the project is the same i.e. the
project manager and the team members will interview you and allow you to get
on the team only if they find you suitable. Employment commences after you
begin work on client project. After begining work on client project you will
continue to receive on-the-job training / mentoring for two to six
months.
We are
stable. We do not lay off honest, hardworking, competent employees.
If technologies
change, we re-train. With us, your future is absolutely secure.
We provide paid
vacation, health insurance, the best career advancement training and unmatched
Job Security - with us your career is recession proof.
Our Employees and
our Clients acknowledge "we are the best".
Come join us and be
part of our family. Come and Grow with us.
If we work as a
team, if you follow our guidance, we can help you realize your dreams
- we will help you accomplish much more than any other
company.
There is enormous power and potential for growth
when we work as a team.
Please read the Work Ethics page !
ABROAD
HIRE
We do not hire
candidates from Abroad. Please apply ONLY IF you are in the U.S . We do not
hire H1-B workers.
TRAIN-TO-HIRE - SALARY
It has been our
experience that even those with ten years experience require over two months
training. Starting salary and salary raise is based on intellect and ability.
Salary depends
on several factors, most important being - depth of knowledge, skill
sets, company profile - projects you worked on, business domain
knowledge, personality factors, communication skills,
education, experience, etc.
EXPECTATION MUST MATCH
REALITY
The two most
important causes of challenges in human relationships at work or at
home are:-
(a) Communication
gaps.
(b) Expectations do
not match reality.
Some important
areas where expectations do not match reality are:
(a) Salary
expectations. "I see so many jobs posted out there willing to pay $100K,
hence pay me $100K."
(b)
Experience Level and Skill Sets. "I don't need any training." Or, "I need
just one month of training." Or "I can do it on my own."
Over 95% of those
who say "I don't need any training" - do need at least, two or more months of
training.
(c)
Communication Skills: Communication skills is not just grammar. How many
people can communicate well in their mother tongue? English is my mother
tongue hence I have great communication skills - Not Necessarily True
!!
Communication skills
is a combination of several factors such as - Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation,
ability to collect your thoughts and put them across in a correct
logical order, with correct content, appropriate voice volume, tone and body
language.
CERTIFICATIONS
Before joining
SpaceAge or while on training you may have to do any two of the following
certifications:
(a) Java
Programmer Certification from Sun Microsystems.
(b) Web Component
Developer for J2EE Platform Certification from Sun Microsystems.
(c) BEA
Weblogic Developer Certification - BEA 8.1 Certified Developer: Build
Solutions.
(d) Enterprise
Application Development with IBM WebSphere Studio (Test 287) -
Certification from IBM.
You must score over
90% in each certification. PLEASE BEGIN YOUR PREPARATION RIGHT
NOW.
Please visit page - Certification
and Training
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
The Recruitment
Process will comprise of:-
(a) Preliminary
Screening - through emails and phone. Couple of emails will go back and forth
to check background, seek clarifications, understand and agree on important
policies.
We evaluate
email correspondence for completeness, professionalism, courtesies and
etiquette’s.
Please note, we are
unable to take time out to reply a question if the answer is (here) on our
website.
(b) Technical
Interview - through phone or in-person. One or more rounds of technical
interview - written and oral, by one or more persons.
(c) Personality Assessment Tests - through emails, phone and
in-person. One or more rounds of interview - written and/or oral, by one or more
persons.
(d) Technical
Training Aptitude Test - through emails, phone and in-person. One or more
rounds of interview - written and/or oral, by one or more persons.
(e) Review by
Recruitment Board: A board of at least four people headed by the CEO will
review the interview results. The CEO may also interview.
What we will test
for? We test for - intellect, integrity, commitment to
grow with us, technical skills, aptitude to train, ability to work hard and
train for long hours, ability to raise the bar and reach out to higher levels
of excellence.
In SpaceAge we do not say "I tried my best". We try our best as per SpaceAge
standards.
INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM
If are interested
in exploring further, please email.
We provide software development
services to fortune 100 clients. We need people who have both Intellect
and Integrity.
Our standards are
high. Through our training, we raise and achieve our
standards.
Please visit the
link "Life on Earth".
Many Ask
Us:
"I have just finished my
Bachelors / Masters. I dont know if I will like to spend another four months on
training. I will prefer to look for a job that begins paying me right away.
Please let me know what do you think?"
We Say
:
What we can do for you is - (a) Catapult your career
to great heights. (b) Give you unparalleled job security. (c) Help
you earn $100K to $250K more over the next five to ten years.
Some people
begin working after bachelors, some prefer to go for masters and some after
that prefer to do their Ph.D. Often people who begin working after bachelors end
up being more successful and earning more than those who do masters or Ph.D.
Our training program is
like an intense training program after masters and because it has a
sharp industry focus - it helps you become much more successful than any of your
friends from college who go on to do Masters or PhD. It catapults
your career to much greater height, you overtake those who have spent five or
ten years in the industry. The choice is - do you want to join a job right away
and have a rough, risky, bumpy ride, being insecure and worrying about layoffs, or,
do you want a secure, stable and more successful future. Some times you need
to step back so as to be able to jump higher or jump farther.
Every wise person who joins our
train-to-hire program, feels that he (she) took the right decision.
What They
Have To Say ...