Who am I?

I, Santhosh S Tuppad have completed Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science branch from Reva Institute of Technology & Management, Yelahanka, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. I am 2008 passed out. My age/sex/location is 23/Male/Bangalore.

What is my percentage in academics?
My 10th percentage is 80.16, 10+2 is 63.4 & B.E is 60. Would you rate my talent depending on my percentage? This is a question for interviewers.

What are my hobbies?

My hobbies include designing websites, reading technical magazines, blogging etcetera.

What are my “other hobbies”?

Playing chess/shuttle badminton, watching english movies, listening to Music etcetera. There are much more which I don’t remember and these other hobbies keep changing on time for me.

What did I do “After Engineering” & “What was my first job”?

After the completion of my Bachelor of Engineering course, I was searching for a job. I found it very much difficult to find a job during recession. Later, I thought of searching a job in Technical Support or Call Center, but it was not my goal but to earn my bread. I finally got a job in IBM ITD GD as a TSA – Technical Support Associate with a salary of 13,000 INR per month. My work time was night 0900 PM to 0600 AM. I was not satisfied with this job but no other opportunity. I came to know that “No value for talent but value for percentage in academics”.

When did I resign for TSA in IBM ITD GD?

I did not work in IBM for a month also. I resigned during the training period only. Why? Because I don’t wanted to work in an environment which is not challenging nor which doesn’t have value for the talent. During December 2008 I was relieved from IBM.

What did I do after resigning?

I was very much worried that when will I get a job? Then my brother suggested me to join CDAC which is a course of 6 months. I registered for CDAC and then I discontinued it because I thought I couldn’t manage it and I wanted to work instead of doing more courses. If it was of lesser duration I would have done it but I wanted to specialize in a field which I would expertise in.

How did I join Edista Testing Institute?

My friend told me that she is going to join Edista for course. Then I thought of at least let me do some course instead of wasting time until I get a job. I thought it’s also like other institutes where I have to sit, hear something & come back home & finally get a certificate. But Edista is very different institute which I have ever seen in my life. I can say that it’s not comparable to any other institutes. I was so much happy to know that “When the course will commence from?” & my trainer is/was “Pradeep Soundararajan” who has abundant of knowledge. I thank my friend for letting me know about Edista Testing Institute.

All you read about me was like F.A.Q.

About me which I couldn’t cover above,

I work as an official helper in #DALnetHelp in DALnet IRC network which is one of the biggest IRC network. I started chatting on IRC during 1999. I have worked as a translator in DALnet for converting English to Hindi language to provide internationalization. I train the guest helpers by providing them support to become a successful official helper in DALnet IRC network.

I have a website called “GeeksBoard” which is a forum for VTU students. It has 500+ members. You should visit it to know more about it because I think this page is getting too lengthy.

Thank you for visiting my blog, thank you for your time.

You can write to me at santhosh@testersblog.com or else use “Contact Me” page to save your time.