On Saturday 31 May 2008 03:33:15 tildemark wrote: > as for me, i would focus more on getting myself graduate rather than > making other people insure a better job for me in the future. lets be > practical, a lot of people ended up in the wrong job than what they > actually study. i have a friend a licensed doctor but he works as a > visual basic programmer. > > i say what matters most is that you must graduate with one degree to > get a job fast. which would you get the degree fast? compsci or > nursing? > > just do your research on your job to be company and answer every > question intelligently, even if your low on iq, youll pass. the secret > is to empress the employer at the interview.
you make a great point about graduating first. strongly agree there. either of those degrees will help the OP mature as a person (learn things he'll need in the outside world, any degree helps if he tries to go overseas, learn how to get along with people, learn how to do work as a member of a team, gain general knowledge [history, economics, math, science, english] that he probably wouldn't gain without college because most people don't learn new things for fun). OTOH, while it's true that almost any degree will help, choosing the degree that he'll actually use when working is better. and, while i'm not a fan of premature optimization, taking the time to consider his choices and making the right choice is not, IMO premature. this is why i think it's important for the OP to consider his actual capabilities and strengths, likes and dislikes in making his career choices. i don't agree, however, with your last paragraph. if you interview for a job and find that you're not qualified for the job due to inherent deficiencies (not enough IQ), it's better to withdraw your application. if the deficiency is just knowledge, then it's IMPORTANT to inform the employer of the deficiency, and then to make the point (but only if it's true) that you're willing to learn and are a fast learner. the principle involved there is to develop your moral sense. tell the truth, do the right thing(s). don't just do or say whatever will get you the job. for people with the right skills, capabilities and attitude, there are always opportunities and openings. you can gain skills. you can improve some capabilities, some skills can make up for *some* (certainly not all though) capability scores, and the right attitude can make up for a lot of things. if the OP just *needs* a job. it's probably better to take a job that pays less but requires lower skills, AND THEN do whatever he can at that job to augment his skills, learn how to work with others (bosses or otherwise) and learn how to solve problems in the real world. at the OP's age and stage in his career, there are a lot of things to be learned. his first job should be one that allows him to learn or at least allows him the leisure (at home, after office hours) to learn what he'll need to move forward. the focus, in the first job should not be on salary. he should make enough to live on, but he should not focus on salary. the ability and opportunity, at that job, to learn things that will enhance his skills is just as important than salary. i would say that as long as the salary keeps him alive, then the learning on the job (and therefore the culture and environment at work, better cultures encourage improvement, cultures that stifle improvement and learning are to be avoided) is more important than salary or anything else. i don't expect many to agree :-). this sort of perspective is what you gain after making mistakes in your career choices over decades :-). many people also make the wrong choices, end up in dead end positions, and don't learn. others are able to impress their interviewers and therefore make a lot of money and then stay at those positions because their employers are just as clueless as they are :-). i've mostly worked with the first kind. it's very painful to work with people who mainly write bugs. the second kind become managers. i've been lucky with my managers. i've seen what bad (and incredibly bad) managers can do to a team though. tiger -- Gerald Timothy Quimpo [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bopolissimus*blogspot*com http://monotrematica*blogspot*com If you want to subject your son to the unkindest cut, insist on a local anesthetic, since many pediatricians don't bother to use one. The anesthetic is for the kid. -- http://men.msn.com/articlebl.aspx?cp-documentid=1011575 _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
