Are we competitive enough?
Sunday, December 12, 2004

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How time flies... 2005 na in a matter of days. I'll be graduating (sa wakas!) and will face the real world by myself. I'll have a job. Sana high paying and lots of benefits. But wait! Ano na ba ang natutunan ko bilang isang Computer Engineering student?

I tried to browse the Job section of Inquirer and believe it or not, nothing fits the skills I learned from being a Computer Engineering student. Meron if you'll include the things I learned by myself. Pero what if I only relied on my school, like most of my classmates are doing? Wala na. Bagsak mo nyan Call Center. Eh di napatunayan mo yung sinabi ng isang professor ko.

I have nothing against being a Call Center Agent or CSR, but we went to school not to be a telephone operator. Oo nga malaki sweldo pero sayang naman yung pinag aralan natin, kung may natutunan man. Hehehehe.

Balik tayo sa Computer Engineering. According to AMA microsystems' website, here the the careers in Computer Engineering:

1. Network Designers - Network Designers??? Kulang ang tinuturo sa DATCO2 to be an effective network designer. Kailangan mo pang kumuha ng CISCO pero hindi naman required ang CISCO. Elective lang.

2. Installation Manager - Maginstall ka ng MPU. HAhAHA! Wala. Kulang pa din.

3. Quality Assurance Technical Officer - Err.. pwede. siguro.

4. Systems Architects - DATCO and CISCO na naman tayo. Kulang pa din.

5. Database Engineers - Database? HA! HA! HA! Eh C+ lang ang programming na matino ang tinuturo sa CoE eh. May Assembly nga pero it's too jurassic.

6. Network Engineers - You need CISCO subjects para maging network engineer ka. Pero bakit hindi required ang CISCO? Bakit elective lang. Paano ang mga students na walang kalam alam sa mundo?

7. LAN/WAN Analysts - Same as #6

8. Computer Technicians - HAHAHAHAHA!! Niloloko ako ng gumawa ng list na to ah. (Hi butch! hehehe). Mas may edge pa nga ang mga Computer Science students kasi may subject silang BASETS or Basic Troubleshooting. Ang Computer Engineering wala. Madami nga sa mga classmates ko hindi alam itsura ng Video Card and, mind you, a Hard Disk! May professor nga ako na umaming hindi alam ang Hard Disk nung pagkagraduate nya eh. ANO BA YAN!? Buti na lang wala na sya sa school. >:)

Kaya nga ngayon pa lang napapailing na lang ako eh. All of my expectations came short. Very short. Tapos na ako ng DESPRO or thesis pero parang wala akong natutunang magagamit ko sa field. Ang hirap kasi sa mga professors eh pinapahirapan nila yung subject na wala namang kwenta or silbi.

Kung yung mga jobs na nilista ko ang mga carreers ng isang Computer Engineering student, siguro it's about time na baguhin ang curriculum. With this current set-up, we aren't even competitive enough with computer science students.

*Computer end log*

Posted by Jepoy @ 12/12/2004 11:32:00 AM
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