Why Join Toptal network, not because it's easy because it's challenging!!!

I have been in the world of for 8.5 years since my college pass out. It's been a roller coaster ride since joining on 2007.

I started with technology Mainframe which was chosen by my company and since then I worked throughout on the same technology and learned one component after another. After 6 years working on the same technology and I found there is not enough scope of opportunity and innovation as the technology is very old and not getting updated.

Then I had my own hunger for learning new technology and I started with Java, then python and finally when I learnt Hadoop it's like pinnacle. The Hadoop technology rather I should call it a Tool based platform combines beauty with speed.

In order to improve my knowledge after I completed my external training on hadoop and I started finding freelancing project. While I was trying my hand on small projects here and there I's still hungry and was searching more when I came across toptal Software freelancers network. Which I find interesting as well as challenging and challenging work is something like more than anything. The initial information/details which I find in the website is quite interesting. Therefore I decided to join the network for some challenging work and learning opportunity.

In a nutshell I'm here for a) Learning b) Challenging opportunity c ) Obviously money if it comes additional.

SQOOP saved job and incremental import

I have executed the following queries in order to have an incremental append in my hive table "customers" from the mysql table "CUSTOMERS".

--- Sqoop command to create a saved job for the required import ----
sqoop job --create myIncreImportjob -- import --connect jdbc:mysql://localhost/training --username training --password training \
--table CUSTOMERS --hive-import --hive-table customers --incremental append --check-column ID --last-value 4 --hive-table customers --fields-terminated-by ',' ;

--- Command for executing the saved job
sqoop job --exec myIncreImportjob;


Observations:
1. If you don't mention the --hive-import, the data will be imported to directory with the mysql table name.
2. If we don't mention the   --last-value, entire table data will be imported.
3. Even if the saved JOB has the hard-coded value 4 as last value, next time the value is overridden by the last value (from ID column) thrown after sqoop execution. 

The Dark Dnight Rises - review

I found it very difficult to write review comments for The Dark Knight Rises without comparing it with earlier part. It’s a movie worth of watching in theater to get the dark effect. When ‘The Dark Knight’ came, it brought a total revolution of Batman movies. In view of this fact there was a sudden fillip into the Batman’s fan and their expectation level rose to the zenith.  But if you expect similar type of makeover every time you may be disappointed. But, still it’ll figure high in the list of best super hero movies.

Few things I would like to underline where this movie will be ahead of other sequels. 

1. Action & special effects with some nail-biting moments. It’s no doubt better than any other Batman movie. Don’t want spend many words for this. Better, go and watch. 
2. Sound effect. This’ll always keep you tight seated throughout the movie. 
3.  In Batman begins – People liked new Batman avatar and in Dark Knight - People became fan of Joker or the villain. Here in Dark Knight Rises both the character exhibited their strong positions, both the character kept the spot light always with them, it’s always one-to-one unlike the other two.
4. I believe, it’s Christopher Nolan’s last movie in the Batman series.  Super heroes don’t die. After watching each super hero movie I always use to think what’s next, what’s the future of the Super hero, another new super  villain will come or a new child super hero will born ? Here I think director has put more effort to find a perfect ending of Superhero’s future.

 

Having said all the good things about the movie I’ll still say if you want me to remember a batman movie after few years, ‘The Dark Knight’ will always have an edge.

1.  No way. I can never think anyone other than Heath Ledger as a joker or villain.
2. This movie should have released before Dark Knight. While watching the movie, somewhere in my mind, it was always comparing the movie with the earlier part.
3. Storyline is average and so also the dialogues.
4. Muscular Bane (Tom Hardy) was given full power to do whatever he liked to capture and destroy single handedly.
5. It’s just a super action movie of a Super hero and a super villain.  It’s all calculated revenge not a psychopathic game of a joker. It’s more about muscle power than intelligence. 

 

 

Amzing Spiderman - You are too smart

Poor Peter Parker!! Too smart to be a Spiderman.

Instead of creating this movie Marc Webb could have put his effort in making the old movie in 3D.

Few elements are good in this movie:

• Action scenes & Camera angle  
• Overall appearances of new spider man (in mask)
• Humor

But there are many reasons which make it inferior to the previous versions

• Peter Parker is too smart. All over the movie, it seemed, he always knew the script and, so, was just performing his act. He didn’t need to realize/discover what power he had. He’s very much aware of spider effect. Most probably, new Spiderman already had gone through the story of old Spiderman.  
• Spider bite takes effect so quickly.
• The Director was turning the wheel of the story so hurriedly.  Somebody might have told him “Go home early”.
• Emma stone was the perfect mismatch for the spider girlfriend.
• Moreover, 3D quality was not good. Those who have seen it in 2D, may not have to regret.

So, in due course, it couldn’t live up to my expectation, It's not at all amazing from any angle.

Why this kolaveri di ?

It sounds , painfully, funny that 93 persons are dead in a fire in a Hospital, an institution where people come to rejuvenate, to recover from the or disabilities. But the incident is not in accord with this truth. Those who have now become stars of the sky, may be singing this song in a sarcastic manner –“why this kilaveri di? “ – Why did you do this to me? But what my point is that who this “you”, they pointing to. Is it the responsible of the owner, board members or the intelligent corporate honchos or the dutiful hospital stuffs or is it the circumspective fire department officials, or the watchful police department. The Govt. and the law already have taken its course of action by victimizing the guilty owners and the board members and everybody look content with such a quick and effective decision of the administration. But I belief that this is not the last one, many more such incident are about to come in future. This will not deter other people in other sector to evade fire security policy. If we start finding out, it will open a Pandora’s box.

I look it in a different perspective. Accident can happen anytime, anywhere but our main focus should be on managing accident after they occur rather than preventing them to occur at first place. Instead of considering it as a random accident, I see it as an outcome of many different incidents/actions developing over the years. Fire broke out, but the hospital stuffs didn’t informed Fire Department and police immediately as a compliance with the rules and regulations of the hospital management. Hospital management took this decision of not calling fire department as result of their past experience of extinguishing the fire their own without giving a chance to tarnish the hospital’s goodwill. The hospital management flouted the fire security policy and building plan etc. But where from they got this right to play with the life of people by ignoring the rules and regulation. Fire department warned them about the unauthorized dumping of chemicals at the basement and gave them a notice to work upon. But after that it had been few months that the police or department ignored to give a visit and to check the improvement. This is our very fond “Chalta hai” attitude, because of our “ho jayega”, procrastinating habit. Insincerity is there in our blood. From corporate boss to floor sweeper, whatever the profession it is, we do our work not out of our sincerity and responsibility rather out of conformity and compulsion. Those corporate are not aliens they are someone like us; their small decisions have lot of echo unlike the others who ignore their work by thinking that it does not harm others. But work is work, how small it is, both are member of same ethnic group. Corruption is not only giving or taking bribe, if you are not sincere or responsible to your work that is also a kind of corruption. In either way most of us corrupted to some extent. So if we are not a better person how can we expect the same from a person from whom we are getting service?

The hospital was flouting its lack of fire prevention facility for year after year. Why the hospital was was given permission to run even one day after getting notice from fire department or if it were necessary why fire department/police administration was were not conscious about the seriousness of the situation. How many times you have seen that a board member or a manager or a minister who is part of the board is detained after an accident in aero plane or rail. It’s very common in India that in any road accident between two entities, people start biting the one who is survived, or less injured or unscathed without wasting anytime in finding the real guilty.

So, punishing the big bosses will not solve the problem. There is person like us who is there in the police profession, fire brigade, hospital staff or in the management group. Today their little ignorance has paid the price. So may be those dead souls pointing us as 'you’ in a sarcastic way. What can make a difference is the change in our mentality. If we start thinking that each of our activity is accountable to country or society, it is not very far that we will be agreeing with author:

"Bharat abar jagat sobhay srestho ason lobe"

DON II - Movie review

Don II. it’s beyond average. My rating will be 6 out of 10.

Overall the movie is good. The reasons why you should see this movie are:

1. The Director is Farhan Akhtar
2. It’s splendid Dialogue delivery.
3. Don’s sense of humor at serious situations(It reminds me of James Bond).
4. Action sequences are comparable to Hollywood.
5. Thoroughly entertaining and the movie progressed with a good speed.
6. The suspense at the ending.
7. Last but not the least, it’s charisma of SRK.

On the negative side, few things will catch your eyes:

1. Why SRK suddenly disguised as Hrithik. Even height and voice also matched (As suggested by my friend, it could have been better if it were Big B instead of Hrithik..:D)
2. There was some space for acting for other actors in Don Part I, but part II is totally SRK focused there was no scope for Boman Irani.
3. The movie could have been better if Farhan maintained the looks of SRK same as First or last scene. This is what happens when you perform in two movies (Ra 1 and Don) together.
4. The film show its first symptom as Hindi movie when SRK fall in love with ROMA (Priyanka Chopra) and director didn’t let a chance to show his India blood by not killing Roma tough she was hit by a bullet.
5. Those who have seen Ocean 11 or MI, won’t be able to watch the movie without a thought in their mind. 

Lastly, it’s a life line for SRK after debacle of Ra-One.

Imbalanced RULES

Rule should be same for everyone. If it is applied to batsmen, same should be applicable for bowlers too. In any sport, which involves physical activity, keeping all your energy and strength throughout the game is a fine quality. But there are times when players may seek for replacement due to injury, dehydration etc. and cricket is the only game where you get help from your co-players. 

Abolishing runner in cricket means strengthening the fielding side. Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar correctly said, “I would also like to suggest that there should be no water for bowlers at the boundary end. They bowl one over and come to the boundary where energy drinks are waiting for them”. So if batsman doesn’t get oxygen, bowler also doesn’t merit it. Even, in case a bowler is injured either he has to complete his over or that over should remain incomplete. And that’s how bowlers and batsmen would be treated evenly.

Also, it’s not that taking runner is always beneficial, most of the cases we have seen lack of co-ordination between batsman and runner and thereby getting dismissed by run-out. So runner in most of the cases is a least choice.

So you can’t simply do away with the runners, if you want a fairer game for each side (batting & fielding), you have to have holistic view. A rule should protect the interest of both the bowler and batsman uniformly.

Like all other recent changes/rules, I believe, this rule also will live for a shorter period…:)).