Originally posted by Marcus Raphael:
Hello People,
I am currently a postgraduate student studying MSc Software Engineering in the UK, I am 21 years of age. I previously completed a Computer Science degree. The reason I continued to do postgraduate studies was because i was unable to find a job after applying to around 100 jobs including graduate schemes immediately after finishing.
Is there anything i can do to improve my chances more!
I am a memebr of the BCS already!, and both my courses are accredited by them if it makes any difference?
P.S I am interested in the systems side!
Regards
Marc
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Originally posted by Marcus Raphael:
-This should not be the case. My educational background i would consider to be very good. In this MSc i am learning all the cutting edge stuff, which im sure alot of people in industry would not have a clue about.
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Originally posted by Marcus Raphael:
This should not be the case. My educational background i would consider to be very good. In this MSc i am learning all the cutting edge stuff, which im sure alot of people in industry would not have a clue about.
Originally posted by Marcus Raphael:
and seeing that our knowledge is being replaced by Software engineering tools
Often the most important part of the news is what they didn't tell.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
It's ironic about Mark's observation about creating EJBs fast. http://www.mousetech.com/EJBWizard.html - my donation to the EJB-creating world from about 3 years back.
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Originally posted by Billy Tsai:
There is not too much real practical use of the knowledges I have from all the certification I obtained right now for my current job, I still have learn a brand new Ecommerce platform/tool and it takes a lot of effort
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
That's not ironic. Irony is where your actions produce the opposite of the expected outcome, e.g. you work hard to create the program and then find it puts you out of a job. My comment was observant or insightful, but not ironic.
--Mark
Originally posted by Marcus Raphael:
Can you give common examples of unautimatable tasks in industry! As i have no experience! What tasks are you refering to when you say this!
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
That's not ironic. Irony is where your actions produce the opposite of the expected outcome, e.g. you work hard to create the program and then find it puts you out of a job. My comment was observant or insightful, but not ironic.
By this I mean, I had no idea that that product or any other like it existed. I also would have placed 100:1 odds (I put $100 to your $1) that such a product would exist within the next few years. It happened with JavaBeans. It happened with database configuration. It happened with installation scripts...
5 years ago people made money hand over fist designing web pages and e-commerce sites. Now both can be built by someone with no skills using off-the-shelf products. If all you could do was soemthing that is no automated, you're in trouble. As HS points out, the people with jobs can do more than that.
Technology will always automate the rote tasks. The good engineers have un-automatable skills, and simply upgrade their working knowledge.
--Mark
The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply �coincidental� or �improbable,� in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly.
Often the most important part of the news is what they didn't tell.
Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
Most automation tools provide rapid creation of complex systems while hiding their complexity. Until the system fails and someone has to go into its innards to repair it.
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