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	<title>Comments on: Tales from Softec, Lahore</title>
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		<title>By: Faran</title>
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		<dc:creator>Faran</dc:creator>
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		<description>hi iffi,

Long time no see. I got loads to tell about the Giki software competition.. Its worst then a hoax. Dude could you believe who was the judge .. Sabih ur rehman and azhar. I was available but i deliberately refused to participate.  

You know the politics too. but even if there was no politics i would never let a sales man judge me. Its a disgrace. And no offense about azhar. He is a marvelous person. He is a senior and a good friend BUT he has a 2.something GPA and is anything but technically sound. This goes for both of them. How could they judge.

Shame on the organizers. When you host an event observe some ethics. Their should be some decent criteria for a judge you can call you final year students or some friends or cousins as judges. 

about judges as FAST lahore i totally agree with you. they were hostile dude. Although i was the winner but i know what i had to go through. 2 judges argued about MPLS networks and what fiber optics will do to my software but kept denying the basic maths. But still they were some known ppl from some known organization and NOT cousins and friends of organizers.

I have won the software competiotion at GIKI twice. Only the first one was a nice experience the next 2 (I didnt bother to go in the last one) were simply hopeless. 

Another funny thing about the software competition at NIIT. I was stunned to see GIKI students win the quiz competition with a huge margin. I recognized two of those students. Their friends at NIIT often asked me to do assignments for them.  How funny isnt it. Those same students were the organizers for GIKI software competition next year and the organizers here were invited as judges. 

These competitions have lost standard and I donot believe in any of these now. these are all just a big show off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi iffi,</p>
<p>Long time no see. I got loads to tell about the Giki software competition.. Its worst then a hoax. Dude could you believe who was the judge .. Sabih ur rehman and azhar. I was available but i deliberately refused to participate.  </p>
<p>You know the politics too. but even if there was no politics i would never let a sales man judge me. Its a disgrace. And no offense about azhar. He is a marvelous person. He is a senior and a good friend BUT he has a 2.something GPA and is anything but technically sound. This goes for both of them. How could they judge.</p>
<p>Shame on the organizers. When you host an event observe some ethics. Their should be some decent criteria for a judge you can call you final year students or some friends or cousins as judges. </p>
<p>about judges as FAST lahore i totally agree with you. they were hostile dude. Although i was the winner but i know what i had to go through. 2 judges argued about MPLS networks and what fiber optics will do to my software but kept denying the basic maths. But still they were some known ppl from some known organization and NOT cousins and friends of organizers.</p>
<p>I have won the software competiotion at GIKI twice. Only the first one was a nice experience the next 2 (I didnt bother to go in the last one) were simply hopeless. </p>
<p>Another funny thing about the software competition at NIIT. I was stunned to see GIKI students win the quiz competition with a huge margin. I recognized two of those students. Their friends at NIIT often asked me to do assignments for them.  How funny isnt it. Those same students were the organizers for GIKI software competition next year and the organizers here were invited as judges. </p>
<p>These competitions have lost standard and I donot believe in any of these now. these are all just a big show off.</p>
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		<title>By: Google Country Consultant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 08:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is sad news... I could not manage to visit Softec this year but I never expected this... :(</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is sad news&#8230; I could not manage to visit Softec this year but I never expected this&#8230; <img src='http://irfanhabib.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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