Think about yourself worthy to be called as IT professional, how do you see yourself 10 years from now, what are your strategies to get there?
I have to finish my studies in Bachelor of Science in Information Technology by the year 2011. Four years ago when I found out that Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering is not offered here in our university -- University of Southeastern Philippines-- and when I decided to just enroll as a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology student, I actually planned to finish my studies in Bachor of Science in Information Technology by the year 2010. But unfortunately because of my negligence, that foresaid plan failed, hence I planned to fail.
Anyway, after I graduate, I would like to create a system suited to help a treasurers' tasks in an organization. Specifically in producing reports such as: Cash Position Report, Summary of Collections, Summary of Disbursements, Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, Monthly Spread and the likes. I wanted to create this kind of system because my Aunt is a treasurer in a small developing organization and she sometimes asks me to lend a hand in recording some of the transactions and sometimes produce a report out of it (of course, she'll check it first if I have done it correctly.hehe). I find it bothersome to do some of the encoding whenever the thought that it could actually be automated crosses my mind, especially typing names repetitively (who are members of the organization) and the balancing part. So I promised to myself that I will create a system that caters to that kind of service, or a system that will actually automate all the reports that my Aunt needs to produce as a treasurer. In creating this kind of system I could actually be able to review and put into application what I have studied for five years. If ever I will be successful in creating this system it will eventually boost my confidence and I will be convinced that I am worthy to be called an IT professional or an IT Specialist, in a nutshell the accomplishment of this system will be my very first achievement as an IT Professional.
I plan to take my masteral degree, but until now I am not sure if it will be right after I graduate or will it be after I finish the system. But I would really like to take it only after I finish the system, what is boggling me is the thought that I would be so captivated in creating systems and as a result I will keep on postponing on taking my masteral degree. Oh, just now, after stating the previous sentences I realized that I should take my masteral degree right after i graduate (hehe) and maybe start creating the system (the paperworks to start with) during my free time in my masterals’. In that way, I could still apply in my system what I will learn during the masteral and I could spend my free time productively and not on senseless matters.
Those are the first two things that I wanted to fulfill after I graduate as a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology student. Hopefully I could achieve those by the year 2013, that is two years after graduating Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. However, if I will not be fascinated and engrossed with creating systems, if the 'i-want-more' attitude of mine will occur and my interest in taking up Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering is still alive, then I will surely enroll as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering student in a university who is known to produce great Computer Engineers! In addition, I will make sure that while I am studying BSComEng I will have a part-time online job -- a job that is somehow related and fitted to a person who had finished her Masteral Degree in IT. It could be an online job under the leading Internet search engine, offering targeted search results from billions of Web pages, no less than the Google Inc. Eventually, my position and/or my income will buildup. Within five years or less, I will be able to finish BSComEng, currently there is no licensure examination for Computer Engineers but if ever there will be on the years to come I will surely take that licensure examination. So by the year 2019, I will be a regular and one of the most treasured employee of Google Inc.
Before this post ends, I would just like to share what Tom Landry (an American football player and coach, legendary for his successes as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys and ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in NFL history) said: "Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."
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hi, ka! i remember doing this assignment for MIS2, too! haha.
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