What I like about my profession? Date:   Thursday , November 01, 2007 Santosh Patil Employer: Symbian Software India Designation: : Principle Engineer, Core Technology Division. Experience: : 8 Years ST: What is your job there? SP: I am part responsible for the work carried out in the cryptography and software installation area of Symbian OS. ST: What do you like about your job? SP: The fact that my work touches millions of people worldwide using a Symbian OS powered Smartphone. ST: What do you find challenging about your job? SP: Technically, introducing new product features while maintaining backward compatibility with previous OS releases is challenging. ST: What have you found that makes your job easier? SP: A very supportive team of smart engineers to work with and a management committed to innovation. Hima Bindu Employer: IBM India Designation: Assistant Manager - Compliance & Quality Experience: 4 years ST: What is your job there? HB: Process re-engineering, creating training modules, and conducting in-house training for the team and creating quality based structured process flows for audits and compliance testing ST: What do you like about your job? HB: Bringing in quality in audits and developing automation solutions for efficient labor, time, and cost management and analysis in MIS ST: What do you find challenging about your job? HB: Creativity in thoughts to close GAPS logically, on time delivery of projects, and training peers who are much elder and experienced than I am. ST: What have you found that makes your job easier? HB: I have created an Excel VB tool that auto summarizes the task to be closed for the day and times it accordingly. Vijay G Prasad Employer: Siemens Information Systems Designation: Software Team Leader Experience: 7 years ST: What is your job there? VP: Working for the automotive division, SIEMENS VDO. Handling complete software development for engine management systems for car manufacturers like Porsche, Volkswagen, and Audi. ST: What do you like about your job? VP: Excellent work culture, the brand I am associated with as it gives me great sense of pride, and the customers I work for. ST: What do you find challenging about your job? VP: Meeting stringent deadlines set by our customers, flexibility in handling diverse tasks with limited resources, and adherence to quality processes. ST: What have you found that makes your job easier? VP: Patience in hectic times, delegating the right tasks to the right team members, and flexible working hours.