I work for a company that has a program that will train you for COBOL and JCL and then places you in a job using mainframes. This is how I got my current job.
Being a liberated, educated woman I guess I do have some insight to share on this. For me its an escape, as I'm sure it is for men gamers as well. Being liberated and educated all the time gets tired and boring. Sometimes I just want to go into that part of my head where that dumb blond chick sits waiting.
As far as the other side of the coin. I know some liberated, educated women who aren't into computers and the like and they don't game (I guess it depends on the type of education and it doesn't hurt to hang around gamer guys. Gaming takes up most of their free time so if you like him you learn to share his hobbies). As for the unliberated, uneducated women the same goes for them too. Those who aren't into computers et al don't game.
Personally, I don't think finding a job in IT is at all difficult. That is if you're not looking to do web-design. People like that are a dime a dozen because it's something you can learn by just sitting on your computer all day, picking up on little details of web design. Granted you probably won't pick up Java or JavaScript or etc..., but with the overwhelming number of books that teach Java or JavaScript or whatever these too are easy to learn. However, I'm a Junior IT major who just recently got a job at an insurance company making good money working on web design upkeep and development. I had no competition, at least none that I knew of, and they didn't have to think it over, I was offered the job the same day. I think the problem is with computer majors not knowing how to present themselves to the interviewers, i.e. because they sit at a computer all day programming they have little to no people skills and that's the main thing that employers first see when you interview.
So if CS or IT majors are finding it hard to find the job of their dreams maybe they should quit playing Baldur's Gate or EverQuest all day and have some real human to human interaction. Just a thought...
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I work for a company that has a program that will train you for COBOL and JCL and then places you in a job using mainframes. This is how I got my current job.
Being a liberated, educated woman I guess I do have some insight to share on this. For me its an escape, as I'm sure it is for men gamers as well. Being liberated and educated all the time gets tired and boring. Sometimes I just want to go into that part of my head where that dumb blond chick sits waiting.
As far as the other side of the coin. I know some liberated, educated women who aren't into computers and the like and they don't game (I guess it depends on the type of education and it doesn't hurt to hang around gamer guys. Gaming takes up most of their free time so if you like him you learn to share his hobbies). As for the unliberated, uneducated women the same goes for them too. Those who aren't into computers et al don't game.
Kate
"have a greater knowledge of grammar and spelling rules than CmdrTaco"
That's not really saying much.
Good, that's for me to know and you NOT to find out ;)
I too am from your alma mater and all I have to say is does this really surprise you???
Personally, I don't think finding a job in IT is at all difficult. That is if you're not looking to do web-design. People like that are a dime a dozen because it's something you can learn by just sitting on your computer all day, picking up on little details of web design. Granted you probably won't pick up Java or JavaScript or etc..., but with the overwhelming number of books that teach Java or JavaScript or whatever these too are easy to learn. However, I'm a Junior IT major who just recently got a job at an insurance company making good money working on web design upkeep and development. I had no competition, at least none that I knew of, and they didn't have to think it over, I was offered the job the same day. I think the problem is with computer majors not knowing how to present themselves to the interviewers, i.e. because they sit at a computer all day programming they have little to no people skills and that's the main thing that employers first see when you interview.
So if CS or IT majors are finding it hard to find the job of their dreams maybe they should quit playing Baldur's Gate or EverQuest all day and have some real human to human interaction. Just a thought...
Kate