RE: Student-Degree valuable or not?

[Paul Ledin <paul_ledin () yahoo com>]

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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                -- Phil Harris

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