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RE: Student-Degree valuable or not?
From: Paul Ledin <paul_ledin () yahoo com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 08:43:11 -0700 (PDT)
Dude I think Micro$oft is "the man", or at least a very dear close personal friend of his. ;-) Seems like a bit of a contradiction to be so passionate about law and a company that's been in such blatant violation of it, not to mention buying its way out. Anyway I have to say again that I think your in a very advantageous place in life right now. You might well elude that recent grad catch-22 that one of the previous poster's eluded to ie can't get a job w/o experience and can't get experience w/o a job. The current economic enviroment might be exagerating it somewhat, but I think this is true most of the time regardless of economic conditions. Granted I didn't live in Silicon Valley or one of the other former IT hot spots, but when I graduated in 1999 I played the same game then, although only for a month or two instead of 6-12 which is probably the norm now. --- DANIEL SIMPSON <DANSIMPS () uat edu> wrote:
After graduation of high school I moved to Silicon Valley and worked for Napster (3 months), Hi Five (8 months), a local consulting firm and a large private school doing IT related stuff. I got laid off (at age 22) and really had to reinvent myself. I traveled around, visited friends and family and talked to as many older people as I could for suggestions (lasted about 6 months). After everything people told me, I knew what I had to do. They told me the one thing nobody can take from you is an education. I have passion in technology and law and everyday I want to do something new. I'm in my 4th week of school and wonder if I made the right decision. After all, I had to move away from California and leave all my friends and family behind. I already realize that I don't want to work for "The man" but I would like to work for one of my favorite companies for at least a couple years so I know I MUST get a degree to fulfill this dream. I'm getting a powerful degree from a school that is fairly unknown but has the best program I have ever seen (Yes they are regionally accredited) and some of the best access to latest technology any school can provide. I didn't do so hot in high school so my access to public schools was extremely limited, I was forced to spend the bucks and allow to private schools. Who can complain? I don't plan on sitting during my 4 year stint; I already have some certifications and plan on getting more. I'm doing an internship right now and applying for a summer intern at Microsoft.
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- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? Randy Golly (Oct 01)
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- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? Randy Golly (Oct 01)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? ~Kevin DavisĀ³ (Oct 02)
- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? Hans_Newton/cpfcu (Oct 02)