TED Community » Sanjay Patel

About Me

Location:
United Kingdom, Leicester
Gender:
Male


More About Me

I'm passionate about

Helping people who are less fortunate. I feel if you have been through hardship in your life it’s only fair to not let someone else suffer in the same way. This is also true for employment.

An idea worth spreading

An idea worth spreading would be something that allows all involved to benefit. Something that allows us all to integrate, help out and enjoy. The state of society now under all of these economic austerity measures is creating a lot of selfishness and individuality. We need to come together as a community and share expertise, ideas and love. The idea is simple we must help those who struggle in their field of work by understanding there learning styles, personality and allowing them to grow as people. Sharing knowledge is fundamental to any growth in the community. Talking from personal experience I have found that certain people don’t want to share how to do things, e.g. creating FTP access on a Linux server. Surely if this skill was documented and conveyed to everyone in a non-patronising manner the community would grow?

Talk to me about

Learning and development IT related things such as programming? Web technologies? and generally being able to help people.

People don't know that I'm good at

Repairing hardware such as Xbox360, decorating? Simply because I never fully get the opportunity to try new things. We're led to believe one must be good at what he/she has graduated in?

My TED Story

A friend of mine sent me a video where the speaker was saying children when they grow up are led to believe that going to University and getting a degree will lead to happiness and prosperity. Little did I know I wasn’t one of them? I feel my passion for computers/technology is there but slowly being in industry and my current role is driving the passion into the ground. This is why I find myself in TED.com to see if I can find like minded individuals that can help me reignite the flame. I also don't envision myself sitting down in an office all day. There has to be more to life than just working in this manner just for a pay packet? As a person i want to give back to the community and help people.

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  • A reply on Conversation: What is the best way to learn C# / .NET and other web technologies?

    Jun 1 2012: I would be going blind if i did that.. id like to first write a learning plan, / check list of what to learn.
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    A reply on Conversation: Working in IT?

    Jan 24 2012: thanks for taking the time to write your message. Im a realist my heart and my intentions are to make my product simply for job interviews. i would be utilizing many areas from programming and dot net. also ill know what is going on. right now i have a stable job but learning and development flawed big time!

    i have been downloading lots of tutorial videos from lynda.com but literally want to leave so i can study them and build something. i have tried to study on weekends but find Im either mentally exhausted from the week or just plain want to relax.
  • A reply on Conversation: Working in IT?

    Jan 22 2012: To be honest my plan is to just right all my wrongs. I want to use Concrete5 to create a functional content managed article website. Then i want to create my own .net application which utilises Android/Iphone technology. This may not be a good idea for everyone but the plan is to make something similar to a portfolio.

    How long have you been out of a job? do you 'enjoy' what you do?
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    A comment on Conversation: Working in IT?

    Jan 22 2012: i want to start with a document called a web development proposal which will contain all the things a customer would want. so its a requirements document for the scope of the project.

    to answer your question, i want to create a news article blog type website using concrete5 or DNN.

    i also have an idea for a print manager with an android app for a local business. so they can utilise the barcode scanning capabilities. the print manager will handle the rest.

    i want to write a proper development design for the 2nd idea and document and conduct proper testing. i simply want to do everything my current company does not do.

    what do you do for work?
  • A comment on Conversation: Working in IT?

    Jan 21 2012: well my job title is developer or web developer.
  • A comment on Conversation: Service dimension in online interactive:

    Jan 19 2012: Hi there. I’m new to TED.com... I think the general consensus of ecommerce websites look and feel the same. It’s sort of detached from the shopping experience and the online experience. If you ever remember the first time you shopped on the Internet and made that transaction, mine was eBay. But boy that was a good feeling! You know I’ve just parted with money and I’ve not even gone to the shop or caught the bus. Magic!!

    With that in mind I think the current model has become stale. I mean it was only 5/6 years ago that I was talking about how Internet movie streaming is going to be the next biggest thing. You know the movie industry needed to change its business models to generate revenue to compete. Welcome Netflix and LoveFilm :)

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