Monday, May 11, 2009

Life is awesome till you are simple AND professional

"The only successful beings in any field, including living itself, are those who have a professional viewpoint and make themselves and ARE professionals" — L. Ron Hubbard

  • A professional learns every aspect of the job. An amateur skips the learning process whenever possible.
  • A professional carefully discovers what is needed and wanted. An amateur assumes what others need and want.
  • A professional looks, speaks and dresses like a professional. An amateur is sloppy in appearance and speech.
  • A professional keeps his or her work area clean and orderly. An amateur has a messy, confused or dirty work area.
  • A professional is focused and clear-headed. An amateur is confused and distracted.
  • A professional does not let mistakes slide by. An amateur ignores or hides mistakes.
  • A professional jumps into difficult assignments. An amateur tries to get out of difficult work.
  • A professional completes projects as soon as possible. An amateur is surrounded by unfinished work piled on top of unfinished work.
  • A professional remains level-headed and optimistic. An amateur gets upset and assumes the worst.
  • A professional handles money and accounts very carefully. An amateur is sloppy with money or accounts.
  • A professional faces up to other people’s upsets and problems. An amateur avoids others’ problems.
  • A professional uses higher emotional tones: Enthusiasm, cheerfulness, interest, contentment. An amateur uses lower emotional tones: anger, hostility, resentment, fear, victim.
  • A professional persists until the objective is achieved. An amateur gives up at the first opportunity.
  • A professional produces more than expected. An amateur produces just enough to get by.
  • A professional produces a high-quality product or service. An amateur produces a medium-to-low quality product or service.
  • A professional earns high pay. An amateur earns low pay and feels it’s unfair.
  • A professional has a promising future. An amateur has an uncertain future.

The first step to making yourself a professional is to decide you ARE a professional.

Content was extracted from 'http://www.tipsforsuccess.org/professionalism.htm' thanks to Mr.Dammika

I found that this content Could be refactored since it has a lot of repetitive words like "A professional, An amateur". May be i should learn how to Format a Doc :)

Note : I am NOT a Professional as yet as per this content and i do not agree with all of this content... but Hope to become one soon

Also you might wonder where the hell i have mentioned about being Simple...

Await... it's on the way...



Thursday, May 7, 2009

Is LINQ2SQL another name for NHibernate?

May .NET User Group Meeting - 2009 was a superb Experience.
It was my very first time @micrsoft centre Sri Lanka. And of course impressed with a super presentation on LINQ2SQL => DAL.I really thought i would not understand anything @d start of the Session with the very 1st question("Familiar with LINQ?") from the presenter. By the clock started to tick by, i realized she was talking about a substitute for "NHibernate". 

By the end of the session i could see "LINQ2SQL is very similar to "NHibernate" and just the terminology is different..

Some say LINQ2SQL is better..

Some ask to  wait until LINQ2Entities framework fleshes out a bit :

Special thanks goes out to (Miss/Mrs) Dilrukshi ( Super Presenter ) who inspired me unintentionally to start blogging! 

Here We Come!!!
There is very little people whome i admire..  :) I cant lie you know.