Personally, you should respect the "lowly" intern or Co-op more! Today's batch of IT, MIS, CS etc. students probably have more to offer than your typical "experienced" employee with a degree in say, English or Basketweaving with a few training courses under his or her respective belt. $600 dollars a week is not too bad for an intern. But I have heard of much better, especially for CS majors. Of course, where I went to school, CS was strictly a hardcore programming major (other schools might have a more diverse curriculum, for better or worse). If you work for a bigger company you get better pay and bennies on average. But you may get stuck specializing in one technology and stifled by the bureaucracy. The opposite is probably true for smaller companies. As I was told by a headhunter a few weeks ago, IT workers are a dime-a-dozen now. How sad:-( But in the end, doesn't each of us just wanna be their own boss?!?!?! your not the boss of me! Pangus
I think it's great that these kids (I can't believe I can call them that now) are finding cool jobs in the industry. But I have one question-what's their secret? I am just finishing up a 4-year degree in IT, with a focus on Web Development, and 1 1/2 years of work experience in the field.
While I have been inundated with calls from headhunters, they all seem to say the same thing: "We're really looking for someone with 2-3 years experience" What the f@ck is up with that? Where is this IT worker shortage that has been flaunted for the past 3 years or so? Seems to me a 4-year Bachelors degree in IT doesn't mean squat!
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Personally, you should respect the "lowly" intern or Co-op more! Today's batch of IT, MIS, CS etc. students probably have more to offer than your typical "experienced" employee with a degree in say, English or Basketweaving with a few training courses under his or her respective belt. $600 dollars a week is not too bad for an intern. But I have heard of much better, especially for CS majors. Of course, where I went to school, CS was strictly a hardcore programming major (other schools might have a more diverse curriculum, for better or worse). If you work for a bigger company you get better pay and bennies on average. But you may get stuck specializing in one technology and stifled by the bureaucracy. The opposite is probably true for smaller companies. As I was told by a headhunter a few weeks ago, IT workers are a dime-a-dozen now. How sad :-( But in the end, doesn't each of us just wanna be their own boss?!?!?! your not the boss of me! Pangus
I think it's great that these kids (I can't believe I can call them that now) are finding cool jobs in the industry. But I have one question-what's their secret? I am just finishing up a 4-year degree in IT, with a focus on Web Development, and 1 1/2 years of work experience in the field.
While I have been inundated with calls from headhunters, they all seem to say the same thing: "We're really looking for someone with 2-3 years experience" What the f@ck is up with that? Where is this IT worker shortage that has been flaunted for the past 3 years or so? Seems to me a 4-year Bachelors degree in IT doesn't mean squat!
Thank you for letting me rant. Pangus