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        <title>Personal Diary</title>
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        <copyright>Devankur Thakur</copyright>
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            <title>Cleared CSTE</title>
            <link>http://geekswithblogs.net/dthakur/archive/2004/11/29/16410.aspx</link>
            <description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;I appeared for CSTE on September 18&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt; and after a wait of 10 weeks, finally got the snail mail from QAI with the CSTE Result. Cleared the exam with 83%, was somewhat little disappointed with the scores in Objective parts. Anyway, it&amp;#8217;s a good feeling to be certified ;-)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=6cda6ad746d942b9a1110d0715a4fa12&amp;u=16410"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=6cda6ad746d942b9a1110d0715a4fa12&amp;u=16410" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://ads.geekswithblogs.net/a.aspx?ZoneID=5&amp;amp;Task=Get&amp;amp;PageID=31016&amp;amp;SiteID=1" width=1 height=1 Marginwidth=0 Marginheight=0 Hspace=0 Vspace=0 Frameborder=0 Scrolling=No&gt;
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            <dc:creator>Devankur Thakur</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>The first blog :-)</title>
            <link>http://geekswithblogs.net/dthakur/archive/2004/06/08/6236.aspx</link>
            <description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Inevitably, it seems the first blog is about personal trivia and so here I go:-). A Google search brought me in here and thanks to Jeff Julian of Geekswithblogs.net who has set this up for me and so, I thought, let&amp;#8217;s get started&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"&gt;J&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;I am into the software testing domain. An engineering graduate, I started my professional career with a small Dot Com startup in 2000, later I worked with two more organization until my present employer. Have worked on component support and software testing domain primarily. Am still going through my learning phase in all the spheres:-).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;I hail from the picturesque &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;land&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt; of &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Assam&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;India&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt; where I had spent my childhood and growing up years and then, my professional career brought me to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;st1:City&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Delhi&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt; and it&amp;#8217;s my home now for quite a while.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;My professional interests include:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;#8226; Software Testing and Quality Assurance &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;#8226; Software Architecture and security &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;#8226; Software Support Trends&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;My Personal Interests include:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;#8226; Reading fiction, non-fiction and software testing related write-ups.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;#8226; Listening to good music &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;#8226; Keeping a tab on current affairs and on the world of sports &lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;That&amp;#8217;s it then. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;-Devankur&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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            <dc:creator>Devankur Thakur</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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