So after a looong time, i finally have something to blog about Infosys.
I got many queries from people who didnt understand what the role change was about and how will it affect their careers. Some future Infoscions are worried that Systems Engineer is something inferior to a Software Engineer. The following FAQ about iRACE will make it clear to you what it is all about. The role change is implemented across infosys for all current employees too as a part of corporate restructuring.
Please read these FAQs and it will be clear to you what it is all about.
http://lotofwallpapers.com/iRACE_FAQs.pdf
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October 11, 2009 8:32 PM
Thanksssss yar...Its really needed for all of us to know....
October 11, 2009 11:03 PM
hello
i cant able 2 xcess ur link as error coming each tym "You don't have permission to access /allaboutinfosys/files/blogger/iRACE_FAQs.pdf on this server."
October 12, 2009 3:12 AM
Ok, fixed it now...
October 12, 2009 6:48 AM
The document attached is Infosys confidential. Even the picture (of the structure) is Infosys confidential.
Posting it on a public forum might get you into trouble (along with your friends who sent you this info!).
There are enough mechanisms internally in the company for the employees to get clarifications.
October 12, 2009 10:38 AM
@Saurabh,
I was aware of that footer when i decided to put this up but unlike slides, there is nothing explicitly mentioned about it being wrong to share this data.
Moreover, considering the number of soon-to-be Infoscions who are confused about the role changes, it was essential to share this data with them. I would no have needed to do this if the company had some mechanism to communicate the role changes in detail with campus selects. Just sending a revised offer letter stating that their role has changed from Software Engineer to a Systems Engineer is sure to spread anxiety among new recruits considering the current economic scenario.
Even worse, some people assume it to be a role change from a Software Engineer to a Hardware Engineer whose role is to take care of their systems.
My intention is to remove this misunderstanding which worries 2009 batch recruits.
I assume you have your 5 years of consulting experience with Infosys.. I am aware that Infosys has proper mechanisms to communicate changes to current employees effectively but if the same information was communicated to these recruits who are really in need to understand it better, i would not have needed to publish it here.
Hope i have made my intention clear to publish this document. I am open for a dialog with Infosys if they feel i have published some very sensitive information which would affect their business.
October 13, 2009 9:05 AM
bro jus waana know how much wud guest room cost to a family of four.
and can they be accomodated in a single room or in two rooms.and what will it cost .
2000rs per nite or 1000?
October 13, 2009 10:27 AM
@Licking wound...
Guest rooms are all twin bed rooms so for 4 people you will have to book 2 rooms.
When i was there, the guest rooms were 1000 Rs per night but now the rent might have increased.
October 13, 2009 7:29 PM
chintan sir help me In my passport my address pin code is printed wrongly...2 printed instead of 3 dat's it. is it ok?? or else hav to appy to passport office???
October 13, 2009 9:47 PM
@Venkat...
Haha... No problem... My entire address is wrong on my passport...
October 13, 2009 11:13 PM
@ chintan
thanx buddy for helping us so much...
my query is not related to all these topics..
I hav my joining on 18th of jan & m from punjab. Now I booked my air tickets for 16 jan. but still as u know that this time (mid jan) is foggy & results in cancelation of airlines & even railways also.
So, If a person anyhow is not able to reach mysore campus due to such reasons before his joining date. what will be d result?? will he/she be asked to leave or not??
October 14, 2009 10:40 AM
@Anoop...
You will not be asked to leave just because of this but you will need to convey this explicitly to them because out of 1000 people supposed to join on that joining date, only about 600-700 people join and hence they suppose that people who did not show up on their joining date dont want to join.
In your joining details mail, you will get the name of an HR manager to contact if you have any issues. Mostly the name will be Preet Kushalappa. You can communicate your problem to them and it wont be any major problem.
October 14, 2009 12:54 PM
@ chintan...
thanx so much... it's a gr8 relief...
I need ur guidance sir. I have my joining on 18th jan. I m from punjab. I m planning to go by air to bangalore from delhi. What should I do to be on safe side so that I can reach infy campus before joining date.
Main issue is that as per previous years record, maximum flights in delhi get canceled during these days only. Should I book the ticket for 15 jan afternoon n for back up I can also book railway ticket which is worth Rs 550/- so that anyhow I can reach infy campus by 17th jan
October 14, 2009 2:58 PM
@Anoop...
You are worrying more about it than needed. Flights may be delayed due to fog but i doubt cancellation. Anyways, Delhi-Bangalore is a common route with many flights so you can catch another flight the same day.
And i think you need to worry about fog only if your flight's departure time falls in the early morning hours otherwise i think fog wont be an issue even in winter but you should know better.
No need to book another ticket.
October 14, 2009 5:12 PM
thank u very much..so i dnt need to worry about it??
October 14, 2009 6:16 PM
@Venkat...
I implied exactly that. It doesnt matter for them whats your address on passport.
October 15, 2009 10:34 AM
thanx so much.. u r really very helpful.. :)
October 15, 2009 1:44 PM
Thanks a lot chintan....
October 15, 2009 6:21 PM
thank u....i worried a lot about again reaching passport office and applying,its a far distance from our home.anyways thanks for ur clarification
October 17, 2009 8:57 PM
what is the role of a system engineer...........& how the training is gonna be like........
October 21, 2009 5:06 PM
wat s the role of the system engineer?
October 21, 2009 11:04 PM
hi chintan
can you consider pulling the faqs document out of the blog considering that the information is rather wide-ranging and is meant for dissemination only inside the company.
a small note to address concerns on the change in designation should probably help serve the cause better. requesting your support again!
October 22, 2009 10:48 AM
@nkv...
As you can see from the comments, i have been requested that once before. See comment number 4 and 5 of this post.
Anyways, i will see about how i can address the concern without the original document.
November 7, 2009 12:20 AM
hi chintan
my friends who had gone in june 2009 have been trained for 6 months but i have heard that training period has been reduced to 4-5 months..is it true??
November 7, 2009 12:44 AM
hi chintan
i have no formal training in JAVA or .NET..will it be a disadvantage to me??? i m good in c and c++ though...and shud i carry my notes i have prepared in c and c++..will they be of help??
November 9, 2009 1:25 PM
@Kaushal...
As far as i know, training is atleast 6 months for everyone except for those who get Business Intelligence as stream. Some batches have 8 months training also so it can vary.
Being good at C will be enough. Only study from their slides, no need to take your own material.
November 13, 2009 4:48 PM
hi,
you are doing a great work chintan.
in ur previous posts it is mentioned that the syllabus is changed for generic training. my query is :
do completely change the syllabus(every part of it)
or they just make some minor changes like(eg. the new edition of some book).
if the syllabus is changed will it be of any use to study from previos years slides?
November 16, 2009 12:19 PM
@Shiteej...
The entire syllabus can never change because not so many changes happen to programming languages at once.
They have now included Java in the generic training which was not there before. I dont think the content of the subjects already present in generic training have changed much so the old slides are still relevant.
November 22, 2009 4:39 PM
hi u r doin a gr8 job
November 22, 2009 4:44 PM
hi chintan i want to know that what aggre perc are needed to join infy ,ma perc are 62 but at the time of recruiting they told 58% are sufficient ,shall i able to join pls help me ma doj is in jan
November 28, 2009 10:30 PM
hi chintan, i have a query about NSR...i had registered for NSR in august and i still haven't received my card which i am supposed 2 get within 10 days...will this affect my joining in infosys in january??? if yes what should i do??
November 30, 2009 10:55 AM
@Javed...
Ohhhhhh.... I dont know what to say.... :)
@Abhishek...
If you dont get the card before your joining, you can just show them the proof of you having applied for NSR after you join. These formalities like NSR, medical certificates etc dont matter so much.
November 30, 2009 9:57 PM
hi Chintan..
first of all let me thnk u on behalf of many freshers like me...ur doin very nice job..m folliwing ur blog since months.
My DOJ is22nd Feb.2010...
1)wen shud i register for NSR?
2)i am from gujarat.n i've heard dat v receive medical check up later1month b4 d DOJ.my problem is,that no hospital from gujarat is listed in that list,we get in later.so i think i ll have to go mumbai for medical check up.
Wat do u suggest,sud i go2mumbai near 17-18 feb n go4 check up n den go to mysore on 21st? or sud i go2mumbai4check up now n directly go2mysore in feb?
m confused in dis....coz i wanna book my tickets in advance...if u can guide me den i can book my tickets n come2know wether to go directly to mysore or to go via mumbai.
pls help
thnx in advance.
god bless u
November 30, 2009 10:02 PM
i forgot to ask u another query.
actually i want to learn java in mean time.
so wat sud i do?i mean i dnt knw 'j' of java.
wat sud i do in advance java?wat infy teaches?
JSP?J2ME?J2EE?
(i know c,c++ and .net)
December 1, 2009 10:56 AM
@BC...
You should register for NSR as soon as possible because there is a center for that in Ahmedabad.
As i said just above your comment, NSR, medical check ups etc are just some useless formalities and dont matter much. No one is going to kick you out due to these.
You can book your tickets so that you reach bangalore on 20th. There is a gujarati samaaj somewhere on majestic road which will do for a night's stay. You can leave for Mysore on 21st. This is what i did.
Learn J2EE and JSP well. J2ME is not a part of training syllabus.
December 1, 2009 2:58 PM
ok.thnk u..yes i know it doesn't mean so much,but i dont wanna keep anything dat can go against me.
now i will go2mumbai on 17th n ll go4check up der.n ll leave from der on 20th so dat i can reach mysore on 21st.coz my doj is 22nd.
by d way wer u had ur check up?or u didn't had it at all?(i think u didn't:))
its nice2c dat ur frm gujarat n helping people in this way.very hard to find some1 frm gujarat to accompany in training..
anyways thnx n gud luck4ur lyf in future.
December 1, 2009 4:12 PM
@BC...
It was mentioned in the joining mail to get medical check up but none of us went for it.
December 2, 2009 12:16 PM
Hi Chintan this is prasad.
My question is Do we a need a bag inorder to carry any documents or sort of material stuff to the GEC centre.ie;Do they allow us to carry a bag inside GEC.
December 2, 2009 7:23 PM
thank u so much for your reply Chintan...I am not much worried about this NSR but i'll still apply for a duplicate card b4 my joining. Lets see if i get it. Anyways thanks so much for that information.
December 7, 2009 11:04 AM
@Prasad..
You can carry a bag if you want to but yes, they will check your bag on entry and exit every time. I found that to be bothersome so i just carried books by hand when i needed to.
December 17, 2009 9:28 PM
hi..bothering u again
i have 2 queries..
1)wat abt ironing our cloths?will v have2do it by our own??(pls say no:-))
2)wen v cum 2 campus,n show our offer latter 2 d guard n after dat v ll b taken 2 our rooms directly,ryt??
den upto where,our parents ll b allowed?
n is der restriction dat only 1 person s parent can come?
December 18, 2009 12:45 PM
@BC...
You can either iron your own clothes or give it to laundry.
Your parents will be allowed till Food Court 1 which i far enough to get a feel of the campus.
"only 1 person s parent can come?" ???? What do you mean?
December 18, 2009 2:11 PM
i mean both my mother n father ll come 2 leave me at mysore campus.so can i take both of them inside?or eithrt of them(only1person) ll b allowed 2 go inside d campus with me?
December 18, 2009 3:52 PM
@bc...
Either both of them will be allowed or none if they are not allowing visitors on that weekend.
December 19, 2009 10:40 PM
ok..thank u
December 28, 2009 12:24 PM
hi chintan.... my doj is 8th feb 2010.
beside my joining lettr i didnt got any other mail frm infy.
its 28th decmbr nw nd m lil worried. cld u plz tell me whn wil i recv mail regarding mdcl chk ups, accmdation details and other stf.
December 28, 2009 4:30 PM
@Ashish...
You will get your mail before 1 month of joining so you can still wait till 10th Jan. Dont worry till then.