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Sunday 6 April 2014

What I Am Today

I perfectly fit into the typical boyish mage. As a youth I muddied my clothes, climbed to nauseatingly high tree tops, played hours of video games, and tinkered with computers. I quickly grew passionate about the artistic value of video games and the logical nature of computers. My family survived off of my father's social security disabilities check, so we could not afford the high tech luxuries I craved in my earlier years. On my friends' computers, I taught myself how to type, surf the web, use programs, and repair simple technical problems. When I finally reached the engineering university I worked to save up enough money to invest in a computer. As an adult my creativity, talents, and logical abilities were polished through hands on computer work for a college and volunteer work for a significantly special group of people.
At University of Taxila my instructor gave me exciting news of an opportunity for me to work with Microsoft as Student Partner & Intern. The opportunity helped me to build my global network with industry experts and connected me with like-minded students and faculty around the world.  During my working period I have developed some Windows 8.1 Store Application (Football QuizzThought Reader)
Six Months Back Government of Kyber Pakhtunkwa shared an opportunity for IT Students to help them in developing E-Commerce System in province with collaboration of World Bank. I & my peers developed a system which helps government to report Poverty (RotiKapraMakan) and help them. For this exertion we were awarded “Best Re-Deployment Award”. It was a highly challenging project. I worked such long hours at the school they practically had to kick me out of the classroom on a nightly basis. And the project followed me home every night as I could not stop thinking about it and working on it well into the late hours of the day. Balancing class time and homework was frustrating, but somehow I successfully managed my time. The work was hard but I enjoyed taking ideas from people and using my talents to mold them into a successful creation. It was truly satisfying.
Volunteer work allowed me to enjoy the more artistic side of computers. Using dramatic programs, I assisted my father in entertaining young people at the special theatrical performances that were put on for them. My childhood friend Kashif Ahmed, mentally challenged was my inspiration. My father and I put on holiday performances and brought my friend along so he could meet new friends. It was a pleasure to watch Kashif mingle and enjoy with other people who were a part of her community. Having a mentally challenged friend and working with his community gave me natural compassion and sensitivity towards people who possess different backgrounds. In the near future, I plan to become a volunteer for the Handicap International with their computer recourses department. The organization needs skilled individuals who can rebuild computers for the mentally handicapped. In the distant future I may be qualified enough to offer my services.




Wednesday 15 January 2014

From being a Student to a Windows Store App Developer

Hello peers. Here is a chance for you to personally know the mind behind one of the most addictive sport apps.
My name is Faizan Amjad and I’m currently studying to become a software engineer from University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila. It had always been my passion to persue a career in this field and now that God has given me this chance, I shall not let it go to waste. Keeping in mind my aim, I became a Microsoft Student Partner to increase my knowledge and explore the possibilities in this vast and expanding field. I further became an Intern at Microsoft to work with them and get one step closer to achieving my dream.
I first came to know of Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) from a senior of mine at my university. Each year two of the students from each batch are chosen to become student partners with Microsoft. My partner Talha and I were the lucky ones who got this opportunity this year. When I first got this opportunity, the only programming language I knew was C++ but this knowledge was inadequate to fulfill my purpose. I, therefore, starting learning C# and XAML. The basics of application development also needed to be learned and for this purpose I attended online app development sessions. In all my struggle one of the helping hands was of my senior Umair Israr, who guided me throughout. Football Quiz is my first application that I have developed under the supervision of Usman-ur-Rehman . I had to develop this app during my internship at Microsoft with my partner and friend Talha Shahzad, also Microsoft Student Partner and intern at Microsoft. Working hand in hand we have completed the first version (1.0) of our app. We are still striving for perfection and working on the second version (1.1) which we will be launching soon.

The first version of FootballQuizz is exactly what die-hard football fans need. It’s going to test your knowledge of your favorite sport; how well you know your players, their opponents, your teams and their matches with other legends of the football world. How far are you willing to go to become the ultimate football fanatic? Do you have it in you to push yourself to the limits? Can you be the one who knows all there is to know about this ultimate sport? This quiz will help you find out and not only that but will also expand your knowledge and add more to what you already know.