IT salaries in Sri Lanka

u_make_me_sick_

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    ow ban, uba kiyana dei mata therenawa.. mama negative hithanawa nemei ban, mage yaluwo jobs hoyanna kana katta dakkamai mata baya hithenne.. mama field ekata aluth nisa mata mukuth therenne na ban kohen patan gannada kiyala...

    api lectures walata giyata, pitu ganan notes liwwata, padam karala exams liwwata, IT company ekakata giyama kohomada wada wenne kiyala therenne nane ban...

    anith eka ahana ahan eka kiyanne private uni wala unta wadi thanak na kiyalai. oya dewal ahaddi api wage un baya wena eka pudumayak nemeine saho...



    Yep bro, I'm utterly new to the field..I don't have any previous experience on how the things are being done within an IT company.. That's what I'm so scared of....

    First, be prepared to face an interview ( interview ekedi kalabala wenna epa, danne neththam danne ne kiyanna, boruwata dannawa kiyanna epa. danna de uparimawa example ekkama denna, ahana answer ekata wada poddak wediyen example ekak ekkama kiyanna. class diagrams andala purudu wenna, hondata data structures balanna, sql simple join queries liyala purudu wenna, basic programmin concept purudu hondata wenna(OOP, Thread handling, memory management, web application life cycle, mvc ..etc))

    Once you got a job, u dont have to be worry, Plenty of ppl there to help you in difficulties, you wont be asked to write a full application alone.just ask from someone if you stucked. always google first, if answer not found ask someone
     

    djmaxtor

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    First, be prepared to face an interview ( interview ekedi kalabala wenna epa, danne neththam danne ne kiyanna, boruwata dannawa kiyanna epa. danna de uparimawa example ekkama denna, ahana answer ekata wada poddak wediyen example ekak ekkama kiyanna. class diagrams andala purudu wenna, hondata data structures balanna, sql simple join queries liyala purudu wenna, basic programmin concept purudu hondata wenna(OOP, Thread handling, memory management, web application life cycle, mvc ..etc))

    Once you got a job, u dont have to be worry, Plenty of ppl there to help you in difficulties, you wont be asked to write a full application alone.just ask from someone if you stucked. always google first, if answer not found ask someone

    thank u so much for ur precious advice bro :):):love::love:...
     

    viddz

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    Machnla leapset kiyana company 1 gana danna kauruth innawada? Specially about salary scales and about its culture
     

    Mr.Thor

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    I want to know about the job opportunities you get and their salaries :yes:

    Hmm Job Opportunities nam awlak naha... out venakota 1i bindu pahakata aaasanna job ekakta yanna puluvan first job ekedima... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: vada tika hariyata krala out venavanam kaatavath awlak venne naa... job oppertunities oone taram tiyanva.. :yes::yes::yes:

    Answer eka labunada???...

    P.S. I assumed that you have complete your projects well in the undergraduate period... :) :) :)
     
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    BanX

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    Hmm Job Opportunities nam awlak naha... out venakota 1i bindu pahakata aaasanna job ekakta yanna puluvan first job ekedima... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: vada tika hariyata krala out venavanam kaatavath awlak venne naa... job oppertunities oone taram tiyanva.. :yes::yes::yes:

    Answer eka labunada???...

    ok ok thnks wewa :D!! obath IT da karanne ?
     

    Mr.Thor

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    mata loku prashnayak thiyenawa...kattiya kiyanne IT nathuwa ucsc yanna kiyala ..me deke wenasa mokakda? :rolleyes:

    Mama uparima saralawa meka pahadila karala denna Balannam...

    IT kiyanne godak industry target karagena tiyana undergraduate program ekak.. eeke odak karanne out una gaman job ekak karagena yanna puluvan program ekak...

    But UCSC eke Computer Science eke karanne More towards research aspects... Ee kiyanne godak Theoretical subjects tama kranne.. but ehema kiyala lankave industry eka address karanna oone nisa IT subjects tikakuth mix karala tiyanava... ee nisa Computer Science kiwwata oya MIT, Harvard vage pure Computer Science karala naa.. Ehema kaloth higher studies valata yanne nathi ayata prashnayak vena nisa IT+ Computer Science Balance karala tiyenne...But vadi bara deela tiyenne mama kalin kiwwa vage Computer Science aspect ekata...

    Hmmm Teruna kiyala hitanava... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
     

    BanX

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    Mama uparima saralawa meka pahadila karala denna Balannam...

    IT kiyanne godak industry target karagena tiyana undergraduate program ekak.. eeke odak karanne out una gaman job ekak karagena yanna puluvan program ekak...

    But UCSC eke Computer Science eke karanne More towards research aspects... Ee kiyanne godak Theoretical subjects tama kranne.. but ehema kiyala lankave industry eka address karanna oone nisa IT subjects tikakuth mix karala tiyanava... ee nisa Computer Science kiwwata oya MIT, Harvard vage pure Computer Science karala naa.. Ehema kaloth higher studies valata yanne nathi ayata prashnayak vena nisa IT+ Computer Science Balance karala tiyenne...But vadi bara deela tiyenne mama kalin kiwwa vage Computer Science aspect ekata...

    Hmmm Teruna kiyala hitanava... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
    ah hari,,,thanks brother :D
     

    Nohim Ys

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  • You will find it hard if you are not a good programmer and haven't done any projects. I say this because even some graduates from sliit have a hard time finding jobs, so I guess it would be harder for a person with a diploma.

    I keep on repeating myself but my opinion is that this cannot be repeated enough - your academic qualifications will not matter that much if

    1. You can show that you are genuinely passionate in the computer field, and more importantly, programming.

    2. You can demonstrate good projects that you have done, which will help to reinforce your claims of true passion.

    3. You have a strong grasp of the basics - (The obvious example which gets asked in almost every software interview are object oriented concepts. You should try to understand the concepts as well as you can. You will stand a far better chance if you can explain what polymorphism is and why it is useful rather than just parrot an answer saying "polymorphism means 'many forms'")

    Lot to take from this post.
    Thx :):):):
     

    Nohim Ys

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  • First, be prepared to face an interview ( interview ekedi kalabala wenna epa, danne neththam danne ne kiyanna, boruwata dannawa kiyanna epa. danna de uparimawa example ekkama denna, ahana answer ekata wada poddak wediyen example ekak ekkama kiyanna. class diagrams andala purudu wenna, hondata data structures balanna, sql simple join queries liyala purudu wenna, basic programmin concept purudu hondata wenna(OOP, Thread handling, memory management, web application life cycle, mvc ..etc))

    Once you got a job, u dont have to be worry, Plenty of ppl there to help you in difficulties, you wont be asked to write a full application alone.just ask from someone if you stucked. always google first, if answer not found ask someone

    :):):):):):):):)
     

    Nohim Ys

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  • Mama uparima saralawa meka pahadila karala denna Balannam...

    IT kiyanne godak industry target karagena tiyana undergraduate program ekak.. eeke odak karanne out una gaman job ekak karagena yanna puluvan program ekak...

    But UCSC eke Computer Science eke karanne More towards research aspects... Ee kiyanne godak Theoretical subjects tama kranne.. but ehema kiyala lankave industry eka address karanna oone nisa IT subjects tikakuth mix karala tiyanava... ee nisa Computer Science kiwwata oya MIT, Harvard vage pure Computer Science karala naa.. Ehema kaloth higher studies valata yanne nathi ayata prashnayak vena nisa IT+ Computer Science Balance karala tiyenne...But vadi bara deela tiyenne mama kalin kiwwa vage Computer Science aspect ekata...

    Hmmm Teruna kiyala hitanava... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


    මචං,
    මම අපේ Lecturer කෙනෙක්ගෙන් Memory Allocation එක ගැන හුගක් ගැඹුරට ප්‍රශ්න අහනකොට අපේ Sir කිව්වෙත් ඔය හා සමාන දෙයක්:yes:. අපි IT හින්දා හුගක් ඉගෙන ගන්නේ Industry Based Concepts කිව්වා. Computer Science අය ඒවා ගැන ගැඹුරට Study කරනවා කිව්වා. ඒ පැත්ත ගැන interest එකක් තියනවා නම් කියවන්න කියලා,"Compilers Work" වගේ නමක් තියෙන Reference එකකුත් කිව්වා(කියව්වේ නම් නෑ ඉතින් ඒක:rolleyes::P).
     

    Mr.Thor

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    මචං,
    මම අපේ Lecturer කෙනෙක්ගෙන් Memory Allocation එක ගැන හුගක් ගැඹුරට ප්‍රශ්න අහනකොට අපේ Sir කිව්වෙත් ඔය හා සමාන දෙයක්:yes:. අපි IT හින්දා හුගක් ඉගෙන ගන්නේ Industry Based Concepts කිව්වා. Computer Science අය ඒවා ගැන ගැඹුරට Study කරනවා කිව්වා. ඒ පැත්ත ගැන interest එකක් තියනවා නම් කියවන්න කියලා,"Compilers Work" වගේ නමක් තියෙන Reference එකකුත් කිව්වා(කියව්වේ නම් නෑ ඉතින් ඒක:rolleyes::P).

    Computer Science igena ganna oonenam... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Computer Architecture --> Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach 4th Edition

    Operating Systems--> Modern Operating Systems(Andrew S. Tanenbaum)

    Compiler and Automata Theory --> Reference mataka naha ban

    Computability and Logic --> George S. Boolos John P. Burgess Richard C. Jeffrey - Computability and Logic

    Data Structures and Algorithms --> Introduction to Algorithms 2nd Ed - Thomas H. Cormen


    Vage poth tikak kiyavanna.... :yes::yes::yes::yes:

    Poth nattam kiyanna PDF ekak mail karannam... ;););)
     

    Tom Riddle

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    මචං,
    මම අපේ Lecturer කෙනෙක්ගෙන් Memory Allocation එක ගැන හුගක් ගැඹුරට ප්‍රශ්න අහනකොට අපේ Sir කිව්වෙත් ඔය හා සමාන දෙයක්:yes:. අපි IT හින්දා හුගක් ඉගෙන ගන්නේ Industry Based Concepts කිව්වා. Computer Science අය ඒවා ගැන ගැඹුරට Study කරනවා කිව්වා. ඒ පැත්ත ගැන interest එකක් තියනවා නම් කියවන්න කියලා,"Compilers Work" වගේ නමක් තියෙන Reference එකකුත් කිව්වා(කියව්වේ නම් නෑ ඉතින් ඒක:rolleyes::P).

    Compilers walatanam 'Dragon Book' eka thama

    Principles of Compiler Design - Aho, Ullman and Sethi
     
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