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One does not simply start a career in IT:Launch yours with an internship @VMware

Alexandar Bonev, Manager QE

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Career in IT?

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But…

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Well.

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So.

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Start an Internship with us and get…

Computer, chair and a desk

Mentor

Task description of the sort:

“build a cross-platform lightweight wrapper for the vSphere Web Client that allows packaging and distribution in a native desktop application format. Utilize the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) or a similar technology”

Unlimited supply of coffee, water, tea and juice

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“IT will be fun, they said”

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…then it goes like that for a few months...

Working on real-life project, especially designed for the internship program

Duration is 3 - 6 months. Starts beginning of summer vacation or earlier

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…during which you have the chance to…

Learn how software development process works in practice

Get acquainted with VMware culture, portfolio, different projects etc.

Gain immense technical growth

Checkout the ‘peer’ professions

Pick up some presentation skills

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…and before you know it, it’s over!

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This year’s projects @VMware

We have 14 projects planned for this summer

Programming skills – Java, C/C++, Python, SQL…

Different areas of interest:

- low-level OS stuff- Java, REST, Spring- cross-platform integration and scripting- UI-automation and research- algorithms- …more!

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Do you know about the VMware academy @FMI?

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So do not fear, for I am with you

Questions?

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Thank you!

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References

dilbert.com quickmeme.com clker.com memegenerator.net

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Backup slide

Full project descriptions (attached) Chromium Embedded - http

://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded/ FUSE - http://fuse.sourceforge.net

HP Quality Center

Hypervisor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor

Vmware - http://www.vmware.com/ Interns program - http://intern.vmware-bulgaria.com/

Microsoft Word 97 - 2003 Document

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Software Engineer for Client Platform Development

Overview:“build a cross-platform lightweight wrapper for the vSphere Web Client that allows packaging and distribution in a native desktop application

format. Utilize the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) or a similar technology”

Skillset:Good knowledge of C++ and/or Objective C;

Experience with Visual Studio, XCode and/or GCC;Basic understanding of JavaScript, HTML and Adobe Flash

English

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Multi-platform crash handling facility for native code

Overview:“vmacore team is owner of the C++ application framework that is used by most of the C++ based VMware products. It provides generic OS abstraction layer,

RPC invocation mechanism, comprehensive logging and crash-handling facility. This project target is to improve the reliability of the above mentioned crash

handling facility. It should be able to generate crash dumps even if the crashing process is in completely unstable state e.g. has hit a stack overflow or an out-of-

memory condition. It should support Windows, Linux, Mac and vSphere platforms.”Skillset:

OS architectures and different process abstraction implementations;C/C++ and OOP for Linux, Windows and Mac;

Data structures and algorithms, design patterns and unit testing;Analytical and problem solving skills

English

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Third-Party Hypervisor Management Java Library

Overview:“When automation-testing a product that manages different hypervisors,

a standard approach would be to use a form of direct communication with them, to check their state or the state of any related entities.

Deliver a prototype of such an independent library that can be consumed by Java application.”

Skillset:Good knowledge of Java;

English

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Move the offline Virtual Machine management functionality from host to

Virtual CenterOverview:

“This project is driven by the VM-management team, who is the owner of the code both on ESXi and VC side that provides public-facing APIs

for VM configuration and management.The goal of this project is to prove the feasibility of moving management

of the offline VMs from host to VC”

Skillset:C++, Python and OOP in general;

Good knowledge of different DBMS;Data structures and algorithms, design patterns and unit testing

English

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“HP Quality Center – Eclipse” bridge

Overview:“Develop a tool which can translate test-description information, stored

in HP Quality Center database, into comments or annotations of the automation code, and keep those descriptions in those two places

synchronized. Updating the test-description in automation code should automatically synchronize those to HPQC database”

Skillset:Computer Science student or relevant education;

Excellent knowledge of Java and OOP ;Interest in scripting languages, like PowerShell, Python, Perl;

English 

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Auto-generate a REST API client

Overview:“Some VMware back-end services are exposed as REST endpoints and are implemented on the top of Spring REST support. It would be great if

REST service providers also provided REST API clients for remote access of their services. This Intern project aims to facilitate the service providers and their users by creating a tool that auto-generates REST

API clients in an automated manner. The tool must be built on the top of Spring framework and in consistency with existing Spring projects and

concepts”

Skillset:Good knowledge of Java and OOP;Understanding of design patterns;

Experience with Spring framework, Maven or REST is a plus;English

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HTML 5 extension library for SUITA test automation framework

Overview:“SUITA test-automation framework is facilitating rapid test development

in heterogeneous UI environments – environments with multiple technologies used to develop the product UI. SUITA is capable of

handling Selenium based UI as well as any other graphical UI via its Sikuli extension. The objective of this project is to evaluate existing HTML 5 functional test libraries, select the best one and implement SUITA extension to enable interaction with HTML 5 user interfaces.”

Skillset:Excellent knowledge of Java and OOP ;

Experience with HTML 5 is a strong plus;English

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vCenter Orchestrator – Plug-in Development #1

Overview:“The project will test the capability of a workflow engine (vCenter

Orchestrator) to reach its orchestration capabilities into the realm of the real world. It will also test the readiness of the currently available robotic simulators (building and controlling a real robot is not in the scope) to be controlled by a complex enterprise-tested system”. The solution will be

developed as a Java-based plug-in for vCO”

Skillset:Good understanding of OOP and experience with Java / XML,

JavaScript;Knowledge of virtualization would be an advantage;

English;Fast-learning abilities

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vCenter Orchestrator- Plug-in Development #2

Overview:“The goal of the project is to build a plug-in for VMware vCenter

Orchestrator that integrates and provides orchestration capabilities for VMware View”

Skillset:Good understanding of OOP and experience with Java;

Knowledge of any of the modern communication / remote technologies (TCP/IP, SOAP, REST);

Knowledge of virtualization would be an advantage;JavaScript is an advantage;PowerShell is an advantage;

English;Fast-learning abilities

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Software Engineer for vCloud NavigatorOverview:

“Build a web-based application that will provide easy navigation through VMware vCloud Director resources and easy execution of HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT and DELETE).The application should leverage the vCloud API, which enables deploying and managing

virtualized workloads in private, public and hybrid clouds as well as interoperability between clouds. It is an open RESTful, pure virtual, API

that supports multi-tenancy and enables the upload, download, instantiation, deployment and operation of vApps”

Skillset:Good knowledge of the Java programming language;

Very good understanding of HTTP;Good coding skills;

English;Experience with HTML/CSS is considered as advantage;

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vCloud Virtual File System

Overview:“Build a (sysfs-like) virtual file system that will allow Linux users to

control their VMware vCloud Director environment in an easy file-based manner. The project should expose vCloud Director runtime information, allow interaction with existing objects and allow creation of new objects. The solution will be developed with FUSE (http://fuse.sourceforge.net)

and Python bindings”

Skillset:Good knowledge of the Python (or another dynamic) programming

language;Good knowledge of Linux and good programming skills;

Experience with RESTful web services is considered an advantage;Experience with FUSE is considered an advantage

English

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Software Engineer for UI Test Automation Research #1

Overview:“Evaluate different approaches to automatically collect images from

successful automated UI test runs and develop a mechanism to share these images (in order to visualize UI test results). The project will focus on Selenium and Sikuli UI frameworks. Must develop images-repository

server, which will be used to store and share the acquired images. Additionally, java libraries must be developed in order to enable easy

integration between that server and existing automated tests”

Skillset:Good knowledge of Java and OOP;

Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms;Experience with scripting languages is a plus;

English

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Software Engineer for UI Test Automation Research #2

Overview:“Automate the process of verification and validation of data that is

shown in charts and graphs. Across the UI of VMware products we visualize performance data of virtual-machines and hosts in one way or

another. This data is usually coming from the same source, but is processed by different engines and presented to the user in a graphical format –2D_charts, stacked charts, etc. Testing whether data shown on

such a chart is correct, is a purely manual process. This project will explore approaches to analyze the charts in order to automate this

process and create a working proof of concept for a specific scenario”

Skillset:Good knowledge of Java and OOP;

Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms;Experience with scripting languages is a plus;

English

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Software Engineer for UI Test Automation Research #3

Overview:“Evaluate methods of DOM tree analysis and comparison in order to test web-UI. During development of software with large WEB based HTML

user interface, lots of changes are happening on daily basis. Sometimes it is difficult to find what was changed and how – was there something

added, or deleted. We are exploring ways of automating that process by means of DOM tree analysis and comparison. A proof-of-concept tool should be able to run across WEB pages, analyze and save parts of

DOM tree, and then be able to tell in a smart way what got changed on each page”

Skillset:Good knowledge of Java and OOP;

Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms;Experience with scripting languages is a plus;

English