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| Thread ID: 73286 | 2006-10-14 04:42:00 | careers in computing | thomas09 (10276) | PC World Chat |
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| 491311 | 2006-10-14 21:22:00 | well thanks for the replies. I live on the North Shore in Auckland and i was looking at either Massey University, Unitec or AUT as possible Universities. I have an intrest in Internet/Communications Technology. Finding courses is a pain because its really a mix of everything. | thomas09 (10276) | ||
| 491312 | 2006-10-15 02:16:00 | Unitec is not a university, its a polytech. | pctek (84) | ||
| 491313 | 2006-10-15 03:09:00 | Thomas I totally agree, i have been looking for courses in php and think the best bet is to do something over the net . Watch out for courses that teach "concepts, and theories" without teaching applications . Unfortunatly you can't get a job if you just know the concepts, and its a cop out for bad teaching . Yet that is what I have been told from universities when I have asked about computing courses . Also ask around for the quality of the private courses, one person who owned a web organization said they had to retrain people coming out of some private training establishments as the students were so poorly taught . So find a potential boss and ask what they would recommend . not all courses are the same quality, some are just in it for the money . (Actually thats the best idea I have had,) find a potential boss in your field and ask him/her to recommend a pathway to reach the hireable level . |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 491314 | 2006-10-15 06:44:00 | well thanks for the replies. I live on the North Shore in Auckland and i was looking at either Massey University, Unitec or AUT as possible Universities. I have an intrest in Internet/Communications Technology. Finding courses is a pain because its really a mix of everything. Watch your English. Spelling is important. Capital letters are there to be used. Do not refer to yourself as i - the correct form is I. I am a bit pedantic over this sort of thing but the people you have to impress will be like me. I just wish I had been more careful in my early years - but even so I managed to get good jobs because there were many others worse than me. The advice you have received about maths is important. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 491315 | 2006-10-16 03:54:00 | bump | thomas09 (10276) | ||
| 491316 | 2006-10-16 04:33:00 | I work as a programmer at a bank, and from what I can see... Learn these: (x)html, css, javascript, ASP.NET, c# Forget the old ASP. I started with php/mysql, and the knowledge from that is very useful. Probably a little bit of php would help, because I found it helped me understand a few things that other asp.net guys arn't so sure of. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 491317 | 2006-10-16 07:46:00 | "I work as a programmer at a bank, and from what I can see..." Have you ever inserted code into the machines payroll system, when rounded figures drop the decimals and add it to your bank account and then you realsie that you put a decimal point in thw wrong place and you are gonna get caught then you try to launder the money then some random guy burns down the bank... Can't remember the name of the movie though :( |
Cornot (10386) | ||
| 491318 | 2006-10-17 00:40:00 | Can't remember the name of the movie though :( Office Space |
Greven (91) | ||
| 491319 | 2006-10-17 06:56:00 | No one talked about hardware here. Some people are just not meant for Software. what are they suppose to do?. hehe | gum digger (6100) | ||
| 491320 | 2006-10-17 07:31:00 | No one talked about hardware here. Some people are just not meant for Software. what are they suppose to do?. hehe At the high end - design new CPUs for Intel or AMD. At the low end - become unemployed PC techs or low paid PC techs....:lol: |
pctek (84) | ||
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