My goodness . . I didn't expect to receive a lot of comments from you guys. Thank you so much for sharing your precious time in doing this. You guys really helped a lot. Or maybe even saved my life.
As you can see this thread was first posted 14 days ago. I have already read half of all the response it has now a day after the first post. Immediately right after having a hard-copy of all the posts, and after reading it at home, I got my answer right then. For the past 14 days I have been working out all my requirements in shifting back to my previous course. So I wasn't able to send back my gratitude to the generous guys who willingly shared their wisdom and knowledge to someone like me whom you guys barely know. First and foremost, yes, I do love the course. We had two previous programming classes, one in Java and another in PHP with database implementation (and if you guys consider HTML as a language, then that too), and I really enjoyed it a lot. Sir Gerald Quimpo, yes, I get your point; the job opportunities that a course can provide should not really be the measure of choosing that course. And I guess I don't have a problem with that anymore because I am very sure by now that Computer Science is the course I want to take, regardless of the jobs it can offer me. But with all the information you guys shared about the jobs in store for a computer science graduate, I can now be sure that there is indeed a future for me in this course. It's now only on the matter of whether one is good enough in this line of work or not. As for that, I can't really assess my abilities in this aspect, yet. I have that to thank Mr. Earl Lapus for his comment about the IQ. (I took the test at iqtest.com, and I only got a score of 124. Minus that with 10 points, and I don't think I passed Sir Gerald's standards. Bad times.) I'm not sure also if my class performance is good enough for the standards. But I did have a grade higher than the passing mark. A "C" and "B" for Java, "B-" for HTML and PHP, and a "B" for Database Management Systems. I don't know if those grades are acceptable enough. But I do promise one thing: I will give this semester all the energy I can squeeze out from in me and try to make the most of what I got, and make good grades. And that goes out to the rest of my remaining years in school. I do have one problem though; I don't have a personal computer at home. The year and a half I spent at the course (my apologies to the previous statement I made which was spending 2 years in the course) was all done with me spending a lot of time at internet cafes and my cousin's house just to find a computer to work with. But in spite all that, I still made it in class and passed my projects on the deadline. Was it luck or grace, that I don't know. I guess I'll be doing the same stuff again this coming school year. But I will find ways to get through all this. I was gonna take Romar's compliment, but I remembered I'm a year younger than him. So there's no way he can tell if I'm good at anything or not. Boo-hoo for me. But thanks anyway, I guess. Lol. For all the guys, thank you so much for all the priceless lessons you guys have imparted here. It has been a privilege for me with you guys responding to this thread. Really, this has been a really big help for my career, my future, and my life for that matter. Sir Gerald Quimpo, Romar Melancolico, Don Manganar, Earl Lapus, hard wyrd, tildemark, and Mr. Jason Yap, thank you all so much. Bow ko sa inyo. Jong Palabao, I'm not gonna take your advice. Hehe. Once again, Salamat salamat. =) On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Earl Lapus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Gerald Quimpo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 31 May 2008 16:45:47 Earl Lapus wrote: > >> most of all try not to worry about your IQ - it's just a statistic > >> invented by insecure bigots who have this constant need to feel > >> superior. in real life, it doesn't amount to anything. > > > > :-). I find it to be a strong proxy for actual ability to code. if you > > don't agree, then that's fine. the OP will read opposing counsel > > think about things and make up his own mind. > > when put into this context then you're completely right. > > > > > by the way earl, are you already employed? I'm not in the philippines, > > but i know people in manila who are looking for strong PHP developers > > (actually, they're looking for strong developers, if you don't know > > PHP but have good computer science knowledge, are quick to learn, > > and can solve complex problems, those are the hard to find skills and > > capabilities, PHP is easy to teach). > > yes i am currently employed. i have been a cubicle peon for almost > seven years now ^_^ > > > -- > There are seven words in this sentence. > _________________________________________________ > Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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