Could you kindly tell me your name?
Yes, my name is Shawon Hossain.
Shawon Hossain. Your job title?
Yes, I'm a software engineer.
Specifically?
Specifically, a front-end developer.
Front-end developer.
Okay, alright.
What stack do you work on?
I work on the front-end with Vue.js, which is a JavaScript framework.
And?
Just Vue.js?
Yes, I only work with Vue.js.
Okay.
Who do you report to?
I report to my team lead, Abul Hasan. I report to him.
And I also have a supervisor, and there are different project managers...
Based on different projects, you report to different project managers, right?
Yes.
Okay.
How long have you been in your current role at this company?
I've been in my current role for about three years.
Okay. Do you work full-time or part-time?
Full-time.
Is your work pattern work-from-home or are you always office-based?
Office-based.
Okay. We will ask some questions. First are questions on skills development, then behavioral skills, after that we will ask career development questions. So, will you continue in English or do you want to do it in Bangla?
In Bangla.
Okay. How are your skills in back-end or front-end development? How would you rate yourself?
I will give myself a four in front-end, and in back-end, it's 3.5.
Okay. Do you have any idea about API development and integration?
Yes, this is basically my job. On the front-end, I do API integration, and if there is any interactivity on the front-end in the browser, I do that as well.
Okay. How would you rate yourself?
Four.
Four. Do you have any idea about database management?
Very basic.
Should we give zero or one?
Sir, you can give a two.
Two. Okay. Do you have any idea about database optimization and query tuning?
No sir, my knowledge about databases is very little.
Okay. How much should I give? One or zero?
Sir, one.
Okay. Do you have any idea about DevOps?
No sir.
Okay. You must have an idea about system architecture?
No sir, I mainly work on the front-end. I can create APIs and add various interactivity to the front-end.
Okay. So, in understanding system architecture, how much will you give yourself? One or zero?
Sir, zero.
Okay. Debugging and troubleshooting.
Sir, I am quite good at debugging on the front-end. In this case, I will give myself a 4.5.
4.5. Okay. Document preparation, quality checking and understanding. How much will you give yourself for this?
Four.
Four. Okay, thank you very much. We will now discuss skills... behavioral skills. In time management, how would you rate yourself?
Four.
Okay. Communication, Bangla and English?
In Bangla sir, five. In English, 3.5.
Okay. Teamwork and collaboration.
Sir, four.
Ownership of task.
Sir, four.
Problem solving skills.
Four.
Learning initiative.
Four.
Adaptability.
3.5.
Okay. We will now continue the questions in English. You try to answer in English, and if you can't... I just need to know your English capacity. Which parts of your role do you feel you are strongest in?
Well, I have been working on a JavaScript framework for three years. So, I feel I'm very good at front-end development. And I have also learned back-end development. That is also with a JavaScript framework, Node.js and Express.js, and I would say I am intermediate in that task. Not an expert, but in intermediate level.
Okay. Which parts of your role do you struggle with?
Uh actually, I haven't struggled that much. As usual, I am, I have been working here in front-end development, so I was... I was struggling at the beginning of my job but now, at this moment, I would claim that I am very fluent, whatever the task is. But sometimes it may be very hard. In that case, I would take suggestion from the project manager or my supervisor or team lead. That's how I complete my task.
What skills would you like to improve over the next 6 to 12 months?
I would like to continue my journey as a web developer and I would like to explore things that is necessary to learn to be in... good at this sector.
Okay. How confident are you working across the full stack environment?
Uh in full stack development, I would... say, I am good at front-end development. And as I said, I am a... type... I would say I am in intermediate level in back-end. But I haven't explored database that much, but in future I would. So I would say I'm... as a full stack developer, I am in the level of intermediate.
Or I am in intermediate level.
That's fine. What slows you down at your current development work?
Actually, the environment is very friendly here and my team lead and supervisor, everyone is very cooperative, so I don't see anything that... that... Sir, what was the question?
Okay. What technologies or tools would you want to learn in the future?
Sir, I know Node.js, I know Vue.js, and I also have learned React.js. I am trying to focus on the expertise or skills that are related to it, such as Next.js, that is the framework for back-end, and PostgreSQL, which is related to databases. And various other things that, like, how to include an LLM to a website, how streaming websites work, how different websites work. I want to learn those things. And everything is related to the web development.
Do you have the right resources and documentation?
Sir? Sorry sir.
Do you have the right resources or documentation you want?
Sir, I didn't get it but... I don't have any role to write documentation but if I code something and that I think it is complex, nowadays I try to write the full workflow of it in my code, that how the code works so that if someone who works on it in future can easily debug it.
Okay. So, we are creating a learning pathway, as well as we are creating three distincts, three distinct scenarios, with the current workflow. First part is the completing JAR 0.1. Second one is creating the growth roadmap for JAR. And the third one is creating the learning pathway with the AI and the DevOps implementation. This scenario, where do you fit in?
Sir, I have understood the third one, which is related to AI and DevOps. But first two is not clear to me, but I would like to work anything that is related to web technology, especially on back-end development and front-end development. I'm not actually interested in AI things right now because I think I am not at the best at what I am doing now. So I would like to explore on it for some time.
Alright. That's fine. Thank you very much. And do you have any question for me?
No sir, thank you.
Okay. Then we are ending today's session here. I will let you know in detail later, because we will have a detailed conversation. This was just an initial discussion to understand you, to know each other. Thank you very much. If you ask the next person to start and talk to me.
Thank you very much.
Thank you sir.