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Old 06-10-2008, 12:08 PM   #27
MelBridgeman
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Originally Posted by Muta View Post
I chose the U of C, because a) I was lazy and didn't want to apply anywhere else, and b0 I happened to get into Haskayne and am completely glad I did, because if I tried again I'd never get into that faculty... too hard these days, lol.

Working downtown now, I can tell you that where you got your undergrad really doesn't matter one bit. I agree with MelBridgeman, I've seen SAIT students acheive faaaaaar more than me already. It really depends on your personality; however, I've been turned away from some pretty cool jobs because there were people with more impressive resumes.

That's the vicious cycle of a student though; can't get a job because you have no experience, can't get experience because you have no job.

...well, unless you're a geologist or engineer. Then you can command your price.
That is true, for me i started at a tech startup in technical support, worked my ass off and eventually i offered to do something (actually fix something) that one of our developers did...accomplished it and the client was happy....that is how i worked out of it, sucked it up and started at the bottom of the barrel and than seized my opportunity...ended up starting the professional services department in our company..was able to use that experience to move on to bigger and better things and eventually 7 years after finishing school, i run my own consulting service.
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