... I think I'm done. Three years ago I called up John Abbott College to apply for the three year Computer Science program. Which is a three year technical degree. And I was let in with arms wide open.
In the last three years, the program covered the wide spectrum of the IT industry, from Excel spreadsheets to networking to application design. If there is one down fall to the program, it would be the entire first year.
The first year started assuming no one knew anything about computers, it went so far as pointing the "ON" button at one point. But more importantly, the first year was devoted entirely to the syntax of C++. Most of th programming classes were based on command line programs. Which are essential in the learning curve, it created a huge dissconnect once we started graphical based applications. It would have made more sense to create GUI based applications using a language we are already familiar with.
It was not until the third year everything started to come together. Even then, only the surface of GUI ased applications were covered. Most of the learning was done during our stage.
3 days a week for 3 months spent in the workforce. Some people were stuck with technical support stages, while others were lucky enough to get a spot in software development. I was extremely lucky where I got placed at a small development company. In addition, I was given my own project to develop, from start to finish, in an area that was completely new.
So three years done, now it is time to start looking for a "real" job. And if anyone has a "real."
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