(21/06/2014 12:01 PM)DataKRASH Wrote:  Also, no one is going to hire you if you don't have a Bachelor's Degree for it anyway, even if you're certified, so meh.
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He actually criticized the OA program here, saying that it would better if Job Corps taught people how to code so they can go out and make some real money.

I doubt it would be the case for the program you're in.  For a 6 month program, you'd only be able to do some introductory coding.  It may be enough for an IT role, but hardly if you plan to have a career in software development.  And if IT, well, if no-one's gonna hire you without a Bachelor's degree, adding a bit of coding knowledge won't really help.

(21/06/2014 12:01 PM)DataKRASH Wrote:  It's her job to go around and fix the computers, and apparently, she only has one solution when it comes to fixing the computers and that's to "reimage" them. She reimaged the computers last year, and a ton of students lost all of their data for their work.

To be fair, that's my general experience with IT.  It goes against my beliefs, but it does somewhat make sense as the solution requiring the least amount of effort.
I'm not sure what the policy of saving work there is, but often IT set up a network drive so that local disks can be wiped without losing work (or, more importantly, so that the data can be backed up - a hard disk failure would otherwise cause lost work too).

(21/06/2014 12:01 PM)DataKRASH Wrote:  Anyway! Mr. Soumah is a great guy. Very knowledgeable about the workforce and actually gives a damn about the students here, and it would suck if he left.

I don't disagree with you, but from what you've said, I feel a little suspicious.  There's people around who sound very impressive, make big statements (often about how things could be improved) and are good at building rapport with others.  But if you poke a little deeper you'll find that they only really have a small (though usually broad) amount of actual knowledge, and largely all just talk.  Not saying that he's like that at all (after all, I don't know him), but something to keep an eye out for.

Enjoy your break!