the department head has said I wasn't likely to teach again, because I tended to focus on technologies that weren't relevant to our students, like web programming and SAAS.
The department head is a fucking moron. I'm sorry, but it had to be said.
I graduated in December with a degree in IT, but despite my formal qualifications, I consider myself very much a self-taught programmer. Since the age of 13, my fascination with programming has become a border line obsession, especially when it comes to kernels or compilers. I have a wide range of skills and languages under my belt, including (naturally) asm and C. Since graduation, I haven't been able to land a single friggin interview here in lil' ol New Zealand. Meanwhile, guys who did the same degree as me and who have no fucking idea as to how the underlying machine works are all landing jobs as 'programmers'. Apart from the first wee gem, I'm sorry if I sound arrogant; I'm just incredibly frustrated with the whole situation. WTF is going on? *sigh*
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the department head has said I wasn't likely to teach again, because I tended to focus on technologies that weren't relevant to our students, like web programming and SAAS.
The department head is a fucking moron. I'm sorry, but it had to be said. I graduated in December with a degree in IT, but despite my formal qualifications, I consider myself very much a self-taught programmer. Since the age of 13, my fascination with programming has become a border line obsession, especially when it comes to kernels or compilers. I have a wide range of skills and languages under my belt, including (naturally) asm and C. Since graduation, I haven't been able to land a single friggin interview here in lil' ol New Zealand. Meanwhile, guys who did the same degree as me and who have no fucking idea as to how the underlying machine works are all landing jobs as 'programmers'. Apart from the first wee gem, I'm sorry if I sound arrogant; I'm just incredibly frustrated with the whole situation. WTF is going on? *sigh*