When I started with computers, I also did not have a computer of my own (being the son of an honest policeman with barely enough to feed the family). I had to find a way to be able to use the computer while studying. So I had to resort to applying as a Student Assistant and was assigned at the computer lab (heaven!). I did that for two years. Practicing coding, computer repairand networking while being an SA. Yup it was hard, but looking back to all those years, it was worth it.
A lot of you new bloods are very fortunate. You got lots of internet cafe's now and most of you have computers at home. Plus you get to learn higher level languages (Java, C++, et al). During our time ( >10+ years ago ), it was the "dark ages" but it was fun. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Marion Go <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 Jong Palabao's advice, you'd have to take it in reverse. He's like that - always doing reverse psychology (or taking it in reverse? hehehe ). For all you know, he's also a code junkie too. Good luck on finding again your way back to the tech world. Regards. _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
