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Sumit Mehra

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IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Sumit Mehra is a member of:

Could you tell us briefly about your family background?

Father working as a Senior Bank Manager.
Mother is a home maker.
Wife is working as Software Professional.

Challenges in The Technology

The vast list of related technologies listed along with java.

Current Role

Understand the business needs of the solution which i'm working on.
Build a good rapport with the client.
Help the team in their daily tasks.
Internally train new resources in the team and work for their upbringing.

Required Reading

Java Certification book by Kathy Sierra.
http://www.w3schools.com/
http://www.javaranch.com/

Most Important Lessons

Always be true to your work.
There are no shorcuts to success.
Work hard party hard.

Work Life Balance

Working from home sometimes is a very good option which my company provides.
It helps me save good amount of travel time and it's a very greener option also.

Most Important Career Decisions

I never compromised with the work quality which I'm doing. So to follow this rule I had to switch 2 companies.

Comparison With Other Language

It's open to all, no platform dependency, highly scalable. You can create a simple application as well as an enterprise level application with very ease. Intergrates well with other languages easily.

Scope Of Java

Huge Scope. Consider Android platform's success which is using Java as an example.

Technology Trends

Hybris E-commerce platform.
Restful Web Services.

Areas for the Future

Hybris Ecommerce Application development.
Web application Security

Role Model

Yes he's my father. From him I learnt how you can be always true to your work and organization you are working for.

Changes in the industry

Quite a lot, many frameworks, application development suites has come up these days now.
The new Java version has many rich features now.

Current Job Profile

Working on Hybris Ecommerce Suite (It's based on Java / J2EE technologies)
Leading a team with 4 members.