Employment and History
March 30, 2006. The day that I am officially known as an IT Consultant by employment. If you ask me, I have been giving consultations to friends and relatives on an ad-hoc basis for most of my IT life. It all started due to my failure as an O level student as I just can't get the physics and chemistry right. Maybe I just don't see the logic in doing so much of science... Where will it bring me anyway?
Next thing I know, I was left with the choice of enrolling into an ITE. Talk to another adult and they will say "ITE, not bad what". At the back of their mind, they know you won't be getting far with an ITE certificate. I breezed through ITE education like any one would. I must say, I don't remember a tenee wenee bit of the classes I attended there, just that I had alot of fun with the crazy guys there. Well, I learnt how to fix up my own computer though, not that it is too difficult for anyone.
At 23, I enrolled for a diploma in IT. I knew that I had to get as much insurance as possible before stepping into the working world, and a diploma in IT was all I could pursue with my qualifications. All went well as I unleashed the perfectionist in me and worked my way into the academic charts. Quite impressive, I found myself to be, as I was ranked No.2 in academic year one and No.3 in academic year two. I'm still waiting for my academic year three ranking, and I only know of one person who fared better than me. The No.1 title holder of both academic year one and two. She's incredible!
How did I land this job? From the day I finished I have been sending out resumes to various MNCs. A friend of mine gave the advice that MNCs will give better experience than SMCs. A week later, I received a call to arrange for an interview. This eventually lead to my employment. It was a minimal diploma wage, but money wasn't the main factor now. This is my first IT related job(aside from some IT sales during computer fairs), and money is not the major concern. It was the experience which would carry me forward to my next job which would bring me real money. And the fact that I am employed as an IT Consultant definitely beats being a programmer. The minimum requirements for employing a programmer is a diploma and the minimum requirements for employing a IT consultant is a degree(except for this company). This, hopefully, means that I would carry on being a consultant on my next job, or some higher level position if possible of course.
With anxiety, I begin my IT career.
Next thing I know, I was left with the choice of enrolling into an ITE. Talk to another adult and they will say "ITE, not bad what". At the back of their mind, they know you won't be getting far with an ITE certificate. I breezed through ITE education like any one would. I must say, I don't remember a tenee wenee bit of the classes I attended there, just that I had alot of fun with the crazy guys there. Well, I learnt how to fix up my own computer though, not that it is too difficult for anyone.
At 23, I enrolled for a diploma in IT. I knew that I had to get as much insurance as possible before stepping into the working world, and a diploma in IT was all I could pursue with my qualifications. All went well as I unleashed the perfectionist in me and worked my way into the academic charts. Quite impressive, I found myself to be, as I was ranked No.2 in academic year one and No.3 in academic year two. I'm still waiting for my academic year three ranking, and I only know of one person who fared better than me. The No.1 title holder of both academic year one and two. She's incredible!
How did I land this job? From the day I finished I have been sending out resumes to various MNCs. A friend of mine gave the advice that MNCs will give better experience than SMCs. A week later, I received a call to arrange for an interview. This eventually lead to my employment. It was a minimal diploma wage, but money wasn't the main factor now. This is my first IT related job(aside from some IT sales during computer fairs), and money is not the major concern. It was the experience which would carry me forward to my next job which would bring me real money. And the fact that I am employed as an IT Consultant definitely beats being a programmer. The minimum requirements for employing a programmer is a diploma and the minimum requirements for employing a IT consultant is a degree(except for this company). This, hopefully, means that I would carry on being a consultant on my next job, or some higher level position if possible of course.
With anxiety, I begin my IT career.
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