Writing Project #1: The Autoethnography
ENG101: English Composition | Spring A 2018
Final Draft
A way to technology
Abstract: Autoethnography is a developing qualitative research strategy that enables the writer to write in an exceptionally modified style, drawing on his or her experience to expand comprehension of a societal marvel. Autoethnography is grounded in postmodern rationality and is connected to developing civil argument about reflexivity and voice in social research. The expectation of autoethnography is to recognize the inseparable connection between the individual furthermore, the social and to account for nontraditional types of request furthermore, articulation. In this autoethnography, the creator investigates the condition of comprehension with respect to as an examination technique and depicts the experience of a developing subjective specialist in finding out about this innovative and ideologically persistent classification of request.
Keywords: autoethnography, personal narrative, qualitative methods, self
A great quote from William Henry Gates III, the most successful American business entrepreneur, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian and co-founder of the largest software company Microsoft Corporation:
Keywords: autoethnography, personal narrative, qualitative methods, self
A great quote from William Henry Gates III, the most successful American business entrepreneur, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian and co-founder of the largest software company Microsoft Corporation:
“If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.”
Turned millions youth’s career and philosophy in South East Asia, such as India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. I’m not out of that. It was early 1990’s, information technologies were grooming rapidly around the world. Bangladesh was upgrowing country, but everywhere, everyone was curious about the technology, what is it? How does it work? What is going on? Something is going on, yes it was revolution to grow up, to wake up and to grape the opportunities. I was too young just finished my Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam. Joined a musical band named ‘Cadence’ as vocal, released 1st album, then released some other albums. Extremely busy life with live concerts, shows, it was different thrilled in every moment, life just moving like a sparkling star. Interviews, fans, gifts were so exciting and enjoyable. One day I was performing a live concert and after that one gentleman came to me and asked, what you are doing? I’ve answered, I’m a musical performer, and our schedule is booked for next six months. He asked again, it’s fine, but other than that, do you think about your career? Where you can contribute yourself as a contributor for the nation, for the society even for your community. This discussion was not reflecting a bit in my musical career.
In the end 1992, my father was died due to heart attack, and our joint family had separated in many pieces, I was absolutely becoming lonely, no one selected me as their part of family member as a youngest member of my family. Finally, my only elder sister accepts me as their new family member and I started living with them. Now I’m realizing, real facts of my life. During this crisis, I was turned out from my musical career and want to starts something another career. My friends suggested for Computer career, but I need to go to computer school to learn computer, and it’s very expensive on that days for a middle-class family. In 1994, I’ve completed my graduation from commerce (2 years pass course similar to associate degree). I went to my one of relative and asked for money to join computer class, he answered me, I don’t want to west my money in this way, you can’t do anything with computer training better you go back to your musical band and move forward. By the way, during these day, our tow band members are moved abroad for their higher study, overall everything was not running fine, as expected.
May be when your one opportunity will shut down, some other opportunities will knock to your next door. It happened to me. Where I was living there one shop was opened named C & E (Computer and Electronics), they are looking for a full-time trainee, as a shop keeper but opportunity for getting train from them (without any financial benefits). It was computer repair house, that time, computer repair house means big name, it’s very demanding and very few resources are available. I starts learning, after one year, I’m familiar with all type IBM compatible hardware and software, even I can diagnosis any computer with sound symbol (like 1 beep/3 beeps/1 long beep)
May be when your one opportunity will shut down, some other opportunities will knock to your next door. It happened to me. Where I was living there one shop was opened named C & E (Computer and Electronics), they are looking for a full-time trainee, as a shop keeper but opportunity for getting train from them (without any financial benefits). It was computer repair house, that time, computer repair house means big name, it’s very demanding and very few resources are available. I starts learning, after one year, I’m familiar with all type IBM compatible hardware and software, even I can diagnosis any computer with sound symbol (like 1 beep/3 beeps/1 long beep)
After a couple of successful years working with C & E, once day owner of that shop called me said, hey Shaamim, you’ve leant so many things, now it’s your turn to do your own, take this card, his name is Emdadul Haq, he has been elected president for Rotary Bangladesh for next two year, and he would like to open a free computer training for young youths and deaf youths. He would like to donate 5 modern computers and printer to establish a computer center, after 1.5 years, the whole computers and printer will center owners. Frankly speaking, I heard that, it happened, but I don’t have successful evidence, that this person got this such a project like this. You must try your luck, are ready to go? I said, sure, but I don’t want to lose this opportunity too. Shop owner said, in fact, I got a better job in a Government project, so I will only open my shop on weekend for my valued customers’ only, and you are always welcome to shop for any reason. In the next morning I went to Mr. Haq office and sit for their interview, these questions are too funny for me like, what is computer input and output, what is VGA stand for? What is RAM and why it’s so important for computer? I’ve answered their all questions with description, the board members were so impressed but when they heard, we are financially solvent, one of the interview member said, sorry we can’t give you this donation, because you are solvent, we want to improve a person, who have computer knowledge but not solvent. I understand, there is no hope for me, when I starts moving, suddenly I stopped and request them and evaluate someone, how is truly passionate about the technology, not consider only poor, if someone truly poor he/she can’t have focused on technology, I’ve effort a lot to come this stage, and I know the pain of passion, that’s why I’m requesting that, but you are the decision maker, so final choice is yours. Mr, Haq said, hello young man, I’ve decided to give our training center donation program to you, you start preparing yourself for a small and fruitful computer training center, so that our poor community people will learn computer from you and they will get a better placement for their career. I start turning from free labor to own my training center. Within 1.5 years I’ve trained about 50 young youths and deaf students, 30 students got a placement is various organization. This 1.5 years journey was a fabulous experience of my training career. After handover my training center to me from Rotary International, it was burned due to some electrical short-circuit in the year of 1995. Thanks God, I’ve successfully completed my training as I was committed. End of that year, I was called from one of the large computer company named Desktop Computer Connection for a better job. After that, I’ve joined in American computer training company ExecuTrain located at Bangladesh. In 1997, British America Tobacco (BAT) company initiate a global millennium project (computer date formate xx/xx/xxxx instead of xx/xx/xx), the project operation head was Mr. M A Matin, who also worked for BAT as head of IT. Who inspired me a lot for computer industry certification. I was the third Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in Windows NT in Bangladesh. In late 2001, Mr. Matin start his own training center and select 4 resources from different sources, I was one of them. He was invested a huge money to develop his 4 resources in 4 segments, like, 1 for Sun Solaries, 1 for Java, 1 Novell and I was selected for Microsoft platform, he sent 4 of us to abroad for higher training and certification upto trainer level certification. Finally, I achieved Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), the highest level of Microsoft Certification. We’ve trained about thousand corporate resources and professionals also where strong business sense of responsibility and commitment are required, where dignity of work provides professional satisfaction and the place of work provides potential avenues for lessons learning, growing and achieving senior Management level in the hierarchy of the organization. Achieved resilient world-class certifications, including MCT, CEHv9, ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management, MCSE – Windows 2000, Messaging, Communication, and Productivity with Charter member, MCSA on Windows 2000, 2012, Office 385, MCDBA, MS, MCTS in Microsoft Licensing.
In 2011, I’ve been called from Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.
Responsible to extend the business opportunities in public sectors, achieved most prestigious award like Microsoft Share Fighter Champions – Recognizing those who go beyond their role, commitments, incentives and expectations to deliver share growth against the competition – due to establish for the first time Microsoft OEM Named Account in Bangladesh, also accomplished a couple of performance rewards based on outstanding performance. During this journey I got the opportunity to directly work with Bangladesh government to enrich today’s Digital Bangladesh, I was selected as governing body for Ministry of Information and Telecommunication Technology. Implemented Digital Class Room for 200K students with Doel Laptop and Microsoft Classroom. Motivator for Shape the Future Program powered by Microsoft Corporation, trained and developed 200 school teachers for innovative class room.
Responsible to extend the business opportunities in public sectors, achieved most prestigious award like Microsoft Share Fighter Champions – Recognizing those who go beyond their role, commitments, incentives and expectations to deliver share growth against the competition – due to establish for the first time Microsoft OEM Named Account in Bangladesh, also accomplished a couple of performance rewards based on outstanding performance. During this journey I got the opportunity to directly work with Bangladesh government to enrich today’s Digital Bangladesh, I was selected as governing body for Ministry of Information and Telecommunication Technology. Implemented Digital Class Room for 200K students with Doel Laptop and Microsoft Classroom. Motivator for Shape the Future Program powered by Microsoft Corporation, trained and developed 200 school teachers for innovative class room.
In 2014, I moved to USA and re-enrollment myself as a full time undergraduate student for Information Systems in Security (Cybersecurity). As a matter of fact, I've long professional background in information technology in computer networking and cybersecurity issues are very relevant to networking to internet including computer system, hence information systems in security will be the perfect match for my career.
In conclusion, hobbies, practices, and various sensations are not always constant in human life. It's changeable in our various age, when I was growing like in teen age, the world was like an entertaining, when music, sound like sensational in my life, when my father died, our joint family has divided in many pieces, than I realized, life is not only pleasurable. I need to set a aspiration for my future career. I've struggled a lot on that stage to learn computer, but it was not wastage, I've earn so many things in my life, even I was expected. Most prestigious career award such as Champions Award from Microsoft Corporation was great mileage in my career, because it was not only an award, but an encourage of myself to move forward. Providing soft skills training to imagine cup participants, founding in a organization, as if an IT manager was my former student, it discovered me a lot. I'm still learning and preparing myself for a new challenge as cybersecurity professional. The global information is everywhere through internet to our system, subsequently cyber risks are also included with all of these online elements. The Global Risks 2015 report, published in January by the World Economic Forum (WEF), included this rather stark warning: "90 percent of companies worldwide recognize they are insufficiently prepared to protect themselves against cyber attacks." Cyber crime costs the global economy over US$400 billion per year, according to estimates by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Conclusively, career in cybersecurity will be my endless opportunity for future career.
In conclusion, hobbies, practices, and various sensations are not always constant in human life. It's changeable in our various age, when I was growing like in teen age, the world was like an entertaining, when music, sound like sensational in my life, when my father died, our joint family has divided in many pieces, than I realized, life is not only pleasurable. I need to set a aspiration for my future career. I've struggled a lot on that stage to learn computer, but it was not wastage, I've earn so many things in my life, even I was expected. Most prestigious career award such as Champions Award from Microsoft Corporation was great mileage in my career, because it was not only an award, but an encourage of myself to move forward. Providing soft skills training to imagine cup participants, founding in a organization, as if an IT manager was my former student, it discovered me a lot. I'm still learning and preparing myself for a new challenge as cybersecurity professional. The global information is everywhere through internet to our system, subsequently cyber risks are also included with all of these online elements. The Global Risks 2015 report, published in January by the World Economic Forum (WEF), included this rather stark warning: "90 percent of companies worldwide recognize they are insufficiently prepared to protect themselves against cyber attacks." Cyber crime costs the global economy over US$400 billion per year, according to estimates by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Conclusively, career in cybersecurity will be my endless opportunity for future career.