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DonovanDuVal · 12-07-2005, 12:14 PM

I used to have a love for computers about sixteen years ago. However after a terrible two years in college I had that knocked out of me. The course that I was on was wrong for my interests, and I was wrong for the course. I enjoyed programming, but the course didn't focus only on that, it also went into marketing, accounting, business studies and other stuff that, while useful did seem to be the main focus of the course. As a result I lost focus on what I did like (programming - Pascal and Cobol if you're interested, not that I can remember much about them now) and the whole thing went tits up.

I have to be honest with myself when it comes to a career change. I like the idea of things and that may be a little over romanticized in my head. For example, while I like the idea of becoming a councillor, with the whole talking with people and helping them through their problems, that is a rose tinted view of the job and myself. People get on my nerves if I am honest. I currently work on a helpline and I hate it. People who are rude and ignorant still have to be treated reasonably, where as I actually believe these people should be told directly that are a pain in the ass. Another story, I digress.

I like to work on my own. I like to get my head down and do my job. I don’t mind interacting with people, but I don’t want interaction to be the focus of my role. This is why I thought that computing would be a good area to move into. I didn’t want into the IT world for the money. I want in because I think that I would be happy in the job. I know that the money would be first rung type stuff, and certainly not as good as the people who advertise training courses in the paper try to lead you to believe.

Thanks to all of you for the feedback. Any further comments are of course welcomed whole heartedly.

12-07-2005, 12:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
DonovanDuVal Crazy Location: UK	I used to have a love for computers about sixteen years ago. However after a terrible two years in college I had that knocked out of me. The course that I was on was wrong for my interests, and I was wrong for the course. I enjoyed programming, but the course didn't focus only on that, it also went into marketing, accounting, business studies and other stuff that, while useful did seem to be the main focus of the course. As a result I lost focus on what I did like (programming - Pascal and Cobol if you're interested, not that I can remember much about them now) and the whole thing went tits up. I have to be honest with myself when it comes to a career change. I like the idea of things and that may be a little over romanticized in my head. For example, while I like the idea of becoming a councillor, with the whole talking with people and helping them through their problems, that is a rose tinted view of the job and myself. People get on my nerves if I am honest. I currently work on a helpline and I hate it. People who are rude and ignorant still have to be treated reasonably, where as I actually believe these people should be told directly that are a pain in the ass. Another story, I digress. I like to work on my own. I like to get my head down and do my job. I don’t mind interacting with people, but I don’t want interaction to be the focus of my role. This is why I thought that computing would be a good area to move into. I didn’t want into the IT world for the money. I want in because I think that I would be happy in the job. I know that the money would be first rung type stuff, and certainly not as good as the people who advertise training courses in the paper try to lead you to believe. Thanks to all of you for the feedback. Any further comments are of course welcomed whole heartedly. __________________ "I've been Donovan DuVal. Take care of yourselves, and each other."