Hi, Guest
10-06-2005, 04:42 AM
I finished my tour of duty with the Canadian post-secondary system not too long ago, and those who choose to go and better themselves and then complain about the cost need to shut the damn up. Seriously.
If you have the will to get either a college diploma or a Bachelor's degree, you won't be flipping burgers (at least not for long) as long as you FOLLOW THROUGH after you graduate. Move, network, work part-time and do odd jobs even. Do what it takes to show the right company you have what it takes to work for them, and the rest is cake.
I can't count the number of guys I graduated with that didn't even end up in direct IT-related jobs. They went back to call centers to work with the guys that dropped out. You know what? They ALL bitch about paying the government back for the OSAP they borrowed.
If you bust your ass and prove your worth, you know what your monthly OSAP repayment amount is? Just another automatic payment once a month that you budget for and treat like a car payment or insurance or whatever helps you sleep at night. You can crank it up if money and your budget allows, too... so you're not stuck paying the minimum amount.
Seriously, the reason I didn't complain when they hiked the tuition (as they actually do almost every other year) when I applied was because I knew the education I received would be crucial to not working in the towing industry for the rest of my life, or as a damn cabinetmaker.
If you have the will to get either a college diploma or a Bachelor's degree, you won't be flipping burgers (at least not for long) as long as you FOLLOW THROUGH after you graduate. Move, network, work part-time and do odd jobs even. Do what it takes to show the right company you have what it takes to work for them, and the rest is cake.
I can't count the number of guys I graduated with that didn't even end up in direct IT-related jobs. They went back to call centers to work with the guys that dropped out. You know what? They ALL bitch about paying the government back for the OSAP they borrowed.
If you bust your ass and prove your worth, you know what your monthly OSAP repayment amount is? Just another automatic payment once a month that you budget for and treat like a car payment or insurance or whatever helps you sleep at night. You can crank it up if money and your budget allows, too... so you're not stuck paying the minimum amount.
Seriously, the reason I didn't complain when they hiked the tuition (as they actually do almost every other year) when I applied was because I knew the education I received would be crucial to not working in the towing industry for the rest of my life, or as a damn cabinetmaker.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.