Before you potentially ruin something that you enjoy as a hobby, take a good look at the situation.
I'd recommend investing in something like: http://www.aimstesting.org/
Take into consideration your age. Are you going to fit in with a bunch of 20 somethings fresh out of school? Corporate culture will differ with the company, but your co-workers "mini culture" will have a big effect.
Is this really something you can do long term?
By that I mean, the sheer amount of IT work in your geographic area. If you work for company A and it goes under or you decide to leave, what else is available? (You will have to compete with a much larger pool of candidates if you try a tele-commuting gig.)
Do you enjoy your family, hobbies, etc? Plenty of IT jobs regularly require far more than 40 hours/week. Are you prepared for this as a long term situation?
If after all that you still want to give it a shot and your contacts will pull a few strings
then give it a shot.....and may God have mercy on your soul.
Are you serious? You're drawing that conclusion after only 345 people, all of which were terminal cancer patients?
Note that nothing in the article states what religious faiths were included in the sampling.
There is also no mention of whether or not any of these people became religious AFTER they were diagnosed. "Those who regularly prayed were more than three times more likely to receive intensive life-prolonging care than those who relied least on religion."
It doesn't even say HOW MANY there were that prayed regularly? Are we now trying to draw this conclusion based on 1 or 2 people out of a total 345?
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I'd recommend investing in something like: http://www.aimstesting.org/
Take into consideration your age. Are you going to fit in with a bunch of 20 somethings fresh out of school?
Corporate culture will differ with the company, but your co-workers "mini culture" will have a big effect.
Is this really something you can do long term?
By that I mean, the sheer amount of IT work in your geographic area.
If you work for company A and it goes under or you decide to leave, what else is available?
(You will have to compete with a much larger pool of candidates if you try a tele-commuting gig.)
Do you enjoy your family, hobbies, etc? Plenty of IT jobs regularly require far more than 40 hours/week. Are you prepared for this as a long term situation?
If after all that you still want to give it a shot and your contacts will pull a few strings then give it a shot.....and may God have mercy on your soul.
This is why we need to bring back public hangings.
I know I've been out of school for a while, but I believe what you're looking for is called a SCIENCE FAIR.
Are you serious? You're drawing that conclusion after only 345 people, all of which were terminal cancer patients?
Note that nothing in the article states what religious faiths were included in the sampling.
There is also no mention of whether or not any of these people became religious AFTER they were diagnosed.
"Those who regularly prayed were more than three times more likely to receive intensive life-prolonging care than those who relied least on religion."
It doesn't even say HOW MANY there were that prayed regularly? Are we now trying to draw this conclusion based on 1 or 2 people out of a total 345?