Hi guys,
I ended up staying at my company and I've been working directly with the owner of the company (staying late every night, working weekends etc). I have learned a lot and they are going to send me to arizona to work with one of our clients for about two weeks. I'm thinking of asking for...
Nothing is stopping me from picking up new skills other than time. Between my graduate courses and work i don't have any time left over to work on a personal project in order to learn new things. That's one of the reasons i thought that i might accept the offer - I would be able to work with...
Current situation:
-$60,000/year salary
- 10 days vacation + 5 sick/personal days
- Health, Dental, Eye insurance
What i like about my current job:
Camaraderie with other developers
If i have a question i usually have more than one person i can ask
Currently on the most important project +...
My criteria for useful is:
1. Will i become a better software engineer through what I've learned during my time in graduate school?
2. Will i be eligible/prepared for more interesting positions?
3. Will i be able to make professional connections while in school?
4. Will i learn to learn...
I don't do any web development inside of .NET in my current job so iti's not like i am actively using Javascript/HTML on a day to day basis. I agree that i don't need an Msc to do the kind of work i want to do but, i get the feeling that if i don't get it now i will hate myself 2,3,4,x years...
I'm currently working as a .NET developer and i totally hate it. I am not applying to anymore .NET jobs in my future. I'd like to move into the Web Development realm so I've taken steps to get me there: learning html, css, javascript (jquery+other frameworks), php, etc. I'm going to continue...
I suppose i will do my best to tough it out. I am handed out opportunities (more like they are forced down my throat) but, nobody seems to care and they only come to expect it out of me everytime a new project is thrown at my feet at the last minute.
I spoke with the one person in the office...
I've been in my current position for about 1.5 years. I've been taking on more and more responsibilities and i feel like nobody cares/has the time to care.
The other day my manager emailed me out of nowhere a "success" award for "team efforts". The next day in our overall larger team meeting...
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My schedule:
-Wake around 9am
-Get to the office around 9:30am
-Answer any emails that require immediate attention
-Continue teaching myself something new (usually the "hottest" programming language/other tech thing)
-Start working on my work projects around 12pm
-Work...
Basically part-time graduate students are paying their own way through grad school. At the least they probably aren't receiving much if any assistance from the university. Because of this, are university departments less strict on the criteria for admitting a part-time student?
If i put...
I just think computer science in general is more exciting than electrical engineering. I feel that there is more opportunity for innovation within the field on CS than EE.