I am going to have an interview one month from now, it is so important for me to make the switch, although the I already moved from being a c++/java programmer to be a project manager, but the only chance to work abroad in US or Canada is to have a technical job. So welcome back to technology, especially I moved to management career just for a better salary, as management in our country earns better salary.

Although exciting, I will not be shocked if failed, I just will do my best and I have a complete one month to prepare myself, in all cases I will not lose anything, just reviewing my technical knowledge and skills.

But as you know, I have to have a plan, so let us start:
First we have to make task list:

Task List:

– OOP [done, I will just make a final review later]
– UML
– SQL
– Data structures and algorithms
– C++
– C# and ANS.NET [sadly, most of my experience is with java not C#, but no problem]
– English [as English is my second language, I have to improve my vocabulary and conversation skills]
English is the only one that have to be practiced daily basis, news have to be read in English, stress on grammar, and daily I must listen to some English especially US technical English.

I have difficulty making structured plan to myself, however it is somewhat easy in my work to create a plan for a certain project! But I have to do.

Tasks size estimation:

– OOP [done, took 5h (hours), another 1h for review]
– UML [4h]
– SQL [3h, 1h]
– Data structures and algorithms [20h]
– C++ [10h]
– C# and ANS.NET [30h]
– English listening [40h ]
– English grammar [20h]
– Design for my critical applications [10h]

to be continued…