MDC USP Trainning - Day 1
The Multimedia Development Centre Undergraduate Skill Programme (MDC USP) training is a certification course sponsored by MDC, and covers two major software in the market now, which is Microsoft .NET (MS.NET) and also Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE). The participants for this course must be having their industrial training next semester, as this was one of the requirements to qualify for this training. I went and register myself for the J2EE course, and the ironic thing is I don’t know anything about this topic. I’ve heard of J2ME, J2EE, J2SE....., but just that I am totally in lost about what each has to offer. The training will be held for 2 weeks prior to industrial training, with about 40-50 students for both courses. The training company that I was to be in is called Info Trek, and it is situated at Amcorp Tower near Taman Jaya..
When I first stepped into the company, I expect myself to be using high-end computers, as I was told that the company specializes in IT Training. I thought there would be electric door where the staff uses smart card access. But then what I experienced is the opposite of what I expected. Hahaha…. (Disclaimer : This is just purely my own thoughts. No offence). The training centre is a small room, with rows after rows of PC joined together, about half the size of any MMU’s lab. The specification of the computer is *Hold Your breath* Pentium 3 550 MHz with 128MB Ram running windows XP with service pack 1. I was dumbfounded when I found out, and I went like….*speechless*. One of my friend said in a joking manner. “If I knew the computer was like this, I should have brought my laptop…”.
Suddenly at one corner of the room, one person complained that the computer can’t be switched on, and soon after that, several others complained too. Even the instructor's pc cannot be turned on. That is when Mr Vincent, the coordinator for this programme for Info Trek stepped in and said “Due to power failure in this company, blah blah blah……, We have to move our training place from here to one of the labs in MMU. Is that ok with you people?” The ironic part is, there were 2 group of students in that company, taking different course, but only my training center having problems with the computers and the power supply. Bummer…
What??? Oh Man…. Training back in MMU? I never thought of that “splendid” idea before. “Great”, I heard some one said “I just brought back all my stuffs to PJ”. Some said “ but I don’t’ have accommodation, hostel closed, and no transport either”… There were several disappointment faces (I being one of them), and the instructor, Mr Leng Chee Kong, said that because the 2 weeks course isn’t enough to cover all the course materials, he suggested we don’t waste much time. Arrangements were being made to ensure everybody gets back to MMU by 3PM, and the current clock shows 10.30AM. great. That’s just great. My remaining two weeks will be spend in the University, and there goes my plan to Cameron, to shopping, to…..:P
*Fast forward* At 3PM, we gathered together at MMU’s computing lab and started our official first lesson on the overall structure of the J2EE platform, and the introduction of the course. It was and eye opener , and I got to learned many new things unheard of in my life. The lecture delivered was good, and the trainner explained to us the most recent development in the field, as Mr Leng had been in the IT industry for over 15 years. He is a well qualified trainer for various computer languages, plus he also start up his own company in the IT field.
Wow….that was my first day experience being in a certification course, but unfortunately, because this course is being held for just 2 weeks, and all of us lacked the pre-requisite paper to be actually qualified for this course, which is J2SE, we cannot get the J2EE certification. Still, all 25 of us will get 2 free books (RM200++) by the end of the training, and also to attend the course itself is wholly sponsored by MDC, which easily will costs thousands if we would take it outside.
I really want to thank MDC for sponsoring me this training, and also to InfoTrek, which provides qualified trainers. Not forgetting the lecturers in charged of this training scheme in MMU, who have been so sensitive to the students need, and to ensure that we remained competent with the rest of the graduates around.
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Countdown to Industrial Training -> 14 days
When I first stepped into the company, I expect myself to be using high-end computers, as I was told that the company specializes in IT Training. I thought there would be electric door where the staff uses smart card access. But then what I experienced is the opposite of what I expected. Hahaha…. (Disclaimer : This is just purely my own thoughts. No offence). The training centre is a small room, with rows after rows of PC joined together, about half the size of any MMU’s lab. The specification of the computer is *Hold Your breath* Pentium 3 550 MHz with 128MB Ram running windows XP with service pack 1. I was dumbfounded when I found out, and I went like….*speechless*. One of my friend said in a joking manner. “If I knew the computer was like this, I should have brought my laptop…”.
Suddenly at one corner of the room, one person complained that the computer can’t be switched on, and soon after that, several others complained too. Even the instructor's pc cannot be turned on. That is when Mr Vincent, the coordinator for this programme for Info Trek stepped in and said “Due to power failure in this company, blah blah blah……, We have to move our training place from here to one of the labs in MMU. Is that ok with you people?” The ironic part is, there were 2 group of students in that company, taking different course, but only my training center having problems with the computers and the power supply. Bummer…
What??? Oh Man…. Training back in MMU? I never thought of that “splendid” idea before. “Great”, I heard some one said “I just brought back all my stuffs to PJ”. Some said “ but I don’t’ have accommodation, hostel closed, and no transport either”… There were several disappointment faces (I being one of them), and the instructor, Mr Leng Chee Kong, said that because the 2 weeks course isn’t enough to cover all the course materials, he suggested we don’t waste much time. Arrangements were being made to ensure everybody gets back to MMU by 3PM, and the current clock shows 10.30AM. great. That’s just great. My remaining two weeks will be spend in the University, and there goes my plan to Cameron, to shopping, to…..:P
*Fast forward* At 3PM, we gathered together at MMU’s computing lab and started our official first lesson on the overall structure of the J2EE platform, and the introduction of the course. It was and eye opener , and I got to learned many new things unheard of in my life. The lecture delivered was good, and the trainner explained to us the most recent development in the field, as Mr Leng had been in the IT industry for over 15 years. He is a well qualified trainer for various computer languages, plus he also start up his own company in the IT field.
Wow….that was my first day experience being in a certification course, but unfortunately, because this course is being held for just 2 weeks, and all of us lacked the pre-requisite paper to be actually qualified for this course, which is J2SE, we cannot get the J2EE certification. Still, all 25 of us will get 2 free books (RM200++) by the end of the training, and also to attend the course itself is wholly sponsored by MDC, which easily will costs thousands if we would take it outside.
I really want to thank MDC for sponsoring me this training, and also to InfoTrek, which provides qualified trainers. Not forgetting the lecturers in charged of this training scheme in MMU, who have been so sensitive to the students need, and to ensure that we remained competent with the rest of the graduates around.
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Countdown to Industrial Training -> 14 days
posted by Jowen @ 12:49 AM
