We (as Canadians) should apply the same standards to Americans that US Customs apply to us.
Turnabout is fair play. And this is coming from a Canadian who actually likes America doesn't have the typical reflexive Anti-Americanism that most Canadians have...
When I go on the tunnel bus from Windsor to Detroit to go see the Lions or Red Wings, I am peppered with questions about have ever being denied entry, do I have a criminal record and even do I work for a living.... despite the fact that I am coming to the USA on a public transit bus to see a game. Where exactly am I going to go in downtown Detroit without a car? I am sure if I had a criminal record that US customs would have no problem denying me entry.
This is their right, but I just kind of find it ironic that me, who is a professional and a tourist coming to spend $$$ in an economically depressed Michigan is given a rough time, when the US has such a porous southern border and in the end is going to eventually give anyone who crossed illegally from Mexico amnesty and probably forgiveness on back taxes...
Well after long enough just reading and never posting, this seemed like a relvant topic to post on..
Here is my $0.02. I'm 4th yr Comp Sci in University in Canada (which is good to some ppl but bad to other ppl) it depends on who you ask I guess....
Personally I am conflicted. Markswise I am a borderline A student, depending on how this term goes. If it goes good I'm an A, if not I'm a B+. Even though with the stiff competition thats not good enough to get you into a lot of Maters programs here...
The story I've always heard from people (at least through high school) is that your supposed to do something you liked. I feel like I'm a very versatile person and I could've majored in business, biology, chemistry or even something artsy like history, but i decided on Comp Sci, because I enjoyed it and felt like it had a future. One of the rationalizations that I had in choosing Comp Sci. was "because computers are never going away."
Sometimes I worry about my future and sometimes I feel confident. I guess it depends on whos opinion I give more weight to, either the people mentioned before in this thread who got lucky coming out of high school 5-6 year ago and could get a good paying job just knowing VB or the person who just came out of University knowing some design principles and experienced in a lot of languages... even though my feeling is once you know how to program in one language you can figure out how to program in them all. In my Univ. career I've done assignments in Java, C, Ada, COBOL, Php, Perl and JavaScript for example. Plus I did VB in high school, which was a lot easier then my university assignments.
I know there was a discussion on this thread about the merits of a CS degree, but i want to hear opinions about if someone in my position is hopeless.
As to my thoughts toward womenshealth, I think if your smart enough to become a doctor, who does something important like saving peoples lives, why can't you conquer IT? My current opinion on this Industry is that knowledge sells.
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We (as Canadians) should apply the same standards to Americans that US Customs apply to us.
Turnabout is fair play. And this is coming from a Canadian who actually likes America doesn't have the typical reflexive Anti-Americanism that most Canadians have...
When I go on the tunnel bus from Windsor to Detroit to go see the Lions or Red Wings, I am peppered with questions about have ever being denied entry, do I have a criminal record and even do I work for a living.... despite the fact that I am coming to the USA on a public transit bus to see a game. Where exactly am I going to go in downtown Detroit without a car? I am sure if I had a criminal record that US customs would have no problem denying me entry.
This is their right, but I just kind of find it ironic that me, who is a professional and a tourist coming to spend $$$ in an economically depressed Michigan is given a rough time, when the US has such a porous southern border and in the end is going to eventually give anyone who crossed illegally from Mexico amnesty and probably forgiveness on back taxes...
Talk about having your priorities messed up...
Well after long enough just reading and never posting, this seemed like a relvant topic to post on..
Here is my $0.02. I'm 4th yr Comp Sci in University in Canada (which is good to some ppl but bad to other ppl) it depends on who you ask I guess....
Personally I am conflicted. Markswise I am a borderline A student, depending on how this term goes. If it goes good I'm an A, if not I'm a B+. Even though with the stiff competition thats not good enough to get you into a lot of Maters programs here...
The story I've always heard from people (at least through high school) is that your supposed to do something you liked. I feel like I'm a very versatile person and I could've majored in business, biology, chemistry or even something artsy like history, but i decided on Comp Sci, because I enjoyed it and felt like it had a future. One of the rationalizations that I had in choosing Comp Sci. was "because computers are never going away."
Sometimes I worry about my future and sometimes I feel confident. I guess it depends on whos opinion I give more weight to, either the people mentioned before in this thread who got lucky coming out of high school 5-6 year ago and could get a good paying job just knowing VB or the person who just came out of University knowing some design principles and experienced in a lot of languages... even though my feeling is once you know how to program in one language you can figure out how to program in them all. In my Univ. career I've done assignments in Java, C, Ada, COBOL, Php, Perl and JavaScript for example. Plus I did VB in high school, which was a lot easier then my university assignments.
I know there was a discussion on this thread about the merits of a CS degree, but i want to hear opinions about if someone in my position is hopeless.
As to my thoughts toward womenshealth, I think if your smart enough to become a doctor, who does something important like saving peoples lives, why can't you conquer IT? My current opinion on this Industry is that knowledge sells.
Nonetheless, thats my $0.02.