[plug] [OT] Soft Eng .vs. Comp Sci

[Richard Meyer]

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 12:14 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> I wouldnt be too quick to blame the career adviser.  I have been to a
> few sessions at expos on behalf of Murdoch Uni and find that on the
> other side of the fence that you are generally dealing with people
> straight from/still at school who have no idea what they really want to
> do (something with computers ...).  The few that have done their
> homework and are focused are generally no problem - but they are really
> few and far between.  

Just an interjection here - the people mentioned above don't need career
advisors - they need someone to tell them where the registration office
is (and where the girls hang out).

All that a career advisor can do is ask you a few questions to see where
you THINK your interests lie, and then make recommendations based on
that. If you have no idea what course X entails, but express an interest
in it, but change your mind when you find out what it really entails, it
really is neither your fault nor the careers advisors. 

What also doesn't help is that if you took a careers field trip to the
sewage treatment plant, the people there would try to make guddling in
crap up to your armpits, an exciting and vibrant career option.

YMMV  ;-)



BTW - interesting thing happened there - I clicked on "Reply" NOT "Reply
to all" and it put PLUG and Billk on the "To" line.   hmmmmmm!

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