Richard Lyman wrote:
I hear that the MTC IT dept. is hiring programmers.
You'd need to be good in Java, and I think you'd get the chance to learn Struts.
Not to knock the MTC or anything, I have a friend who worked there
through the end of his BYU career. He didn't bother to get an
internship, but worked right through and graduated without a job.
He'd been labeled a "Web Programmer". Web programming companies are the
only people who will talk to him as he works hourly with all the other
coders, and he's looking at grad school as the ladder out of his pigeon
hole. That's not what I'm interested in, so I'm just sharing a warning.
The chemistry CSR office is also hiring. They use Fedora / RHEL
throughout and maintain their own little IT empire as separate as they
can make it from OIT. Apparently their only applicants didn't know what
OS's and 10/base-T are. Being labeled as a Linux/Network admin may not
be your cup of herbal tea either, but it's certainly a promising field,
with limits on how much it can be outsourced.
Working off campus should pay more, but consider unpaid travel time and
car expenses to and from work, as well as a heavier time committment
detracting from school time that goes with them in your decision (You
could almost say that for the MTC as well).
Scott K.
p.s. Oh, and phantom died this morning, so I'll respond direct too.
p.p.s. I don't work there, I just have friends who do.
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