I agree with Wav...Cliff, what is it you are looking for in this job? Sounds to me you
have a heck of a start in the high-tech sector.
I know what my first tech job was like...doing
COBOL work on an antiquated IBM 370, in the
Canadian gov't! If you want to see brain-dead
work, there it is. I was half-way through my term there, and they didn't have anymore projects for me.
I spent three termd as a gov. grunt, and it almost killed my chances at getting a cool tech job like yours...I eventually got one, but I spent the entire time doing testing and validation, cause you learn the most doing that. And a bit of coding, but coding does not an engineer make you know.
As many ppl have said, your job exp. is what you make of it; if you feel you got short-changed, then you won't really know what u have until you get a crappier job....and believe me, for the job you have right now, at least 10 ppl would love to do what ur doing right now, so don't knock it.
With what? Bitboys hasn't been heard of in over a year! Their website has changed only recently. If they had delivered when they promised, Glaze3d would've kicked the GeForce's ass...with the same spex today, it'll barely kick the GTS 2.
I wouldn't hold my breath on these guys...
I had that same problem when I started out...I had like, 10 Interviews with Nortel, who's pretty
big in Ottawa...but there was always something that would screw up my chances...
Granted, they're still picky in Ottawa, but I've realized that it's not a "Canadian" thing...there're just not enough qualified ppl w/ experience to go around. Take a look at some career fairs in your hometown, you see the same ppl over and over again.
If you want to look for your dream job, you have to be persistent...and lucky!
Er, I would reconsider working in Quebec if I
were you...they don't pay as much, rent is cheaper, but they ding you in other ways. Plus,
if you're considering Montreal, you won't have
to worry about speaking French there; English is the main language there.
Quebec also has it's own laws, as far as immigration is concerned, I think...I don't know if you can get a TN visa thru there. If you want to go there to speak French, I'll just let you know that the "Quebecois" French is VERY different frm the French you learned in school - the bilingual ppl there like to mix both French and English in the same phrase, which is quite confusing to the uninitiated.
Trust me, I know; I come frm that region, and I recently moved to San Jose. I occasionally converse with one of my co-workers, who's level of French instruction is similar to yours. I have to speak in proper French to him, 'cause my "Quebecoé" is very confusing to him. And, there are some pockets of Quebec that are unilingual French, and VERY anti-English...I guess that's about as "distinct society" as it gets over there..."
I would recommend the Ottawa Area...better job opportunities, start-ups are popping up over there like crazy, and there's French, and you don't have to deal with Quebec's crazy laws...
Hope this helps, Ice.
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I agree with Wav...Cliff, what is it you are looking for in this job? Sounds to me you have a heck of a start in the high-tech sector. I know what my first tech job was like...doing COBOL work on an antiquated IBM 370, in the Canadian gov't! If you want to see brain-dead work, there it is. I was half-way through my term there, and they didn't have anymore projects for me. I spent three termd as a gov. grunt, and it almost killed my chances at getting a cool tech job like yours...I eventually got one, but I spent the entire time doing testing and validation, cause you learn the most doing that. And a bit of coding, but coding does not an engineer make you know. As many ppl have said, your job exp. is what you make of it; if you feel you got short-changed, then you won't really know what u have until you get a crappier job....and believe me, for the job you have right now, at least 10 ppl would love to do what ur doing right now, so don't knock it.
With what? Bitboys hasn't been heard of in over a year! Their website has changed only recently. If they had delivered when they promised, Glaze3d would've kicked the GeForce's ass...with the same spex today, it'll barely kick the GTS 2. I wouldn't hold my breath on these guys...
I had that same problem when I started out...I had like, 10 Interviews with Nortel, who's pretty big in Ottawa...but there was always something that would screw up my chances...
Granted, they're still picky in Ottawa, but I've realized that it's not a "Canadian" thing...there're just not enough qualified ppl w/ experience to go around. Take a look at some career fairs in your hometown, you see the same ppl over and over again.
If you want to look for your dream job, you have to be persistent...and lucky!
Er, I would reconsider working in Quebec if I were you...they don't pay as much, rent is cheaper, but they ding you in other ways. Plus, if you're considering Montreal, you won't have to worry about speaking French there; English is the main language there. Quebec also has it's own laws, as far as immigration is concerned, I think...I don't know if you can get a TN visa thru there. If you want to go there to speak French, I'll just let you know that the "Quebecois" French is VERY different frm the French you learned in school - the bilingual ppl there like to mix both French and English in the same phrase, which is quite confusing to the uninitiated. Trust me, I know; I come frm that region, and I recently moved to San Jose. I occasionally converse with one of my co-workers, who's level of French instruction is similar to yours. I have to speak in proper French to him, 'cause my "Quebecoé" is very confusing to him. And, there are some pockets of Quebec that are unilingual French, and VERY anti-English...I guess that's about as "distinct society" as it gets over there..." I would recommend the Ottawa Area...better job opportunities, start-ups are popping up over there like crazy, and there's French, and you don't have to deal with Quebec's crazy laws... Hope this helps, Ice.