Enlighten me please : IT or MedTech? :(

[Balandido]

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follow what your desire, your passion dictates! after all,
ikaw ra dyapon ang motrabajo unya puhon.

masabtan ra ka eventually ng parents mo.

[kurdapia.nikki]

Mana ko enroll! HAHA.
IT @ CIT! Wooot. My parents already understood.
Pero I have to do really good. Geeez. Mayta kaya rani.
One year scholar! Wohooo. Mao ng nisugot ako parents.
If mag MedTech ko, SWU with only 50% scholarship for 1sem.
Mao ng nisugot sila IT kay libre one year. And napa'y chance ma two years free.
Tsk tsk. Kani jud ako parents.
Kung naa'y libre, adto jud. HAHA. May nalang.

[cliff_drew]

Mana ko enroll! HAHA.
IT @ CIT! Wooot. My parents already understood.
Pero I have to do really good. Geeez. Mayta kaya rani.
One year scholar! Wohooo. Mao ng nisugot ako parents.
If mag MedTech ko, SWU with only 50% scholarship for 1sem.
Mao ng nisugot sila IT kay libre one year. And napa'y chance ma two years free.
Tsk tsk. Kani jud ako parents.
Kung naa'y libre, adto jud. HAHA. May nalang.

Good luck, niks.

[xDarkSyndrome]

Pag-IT na lang. Mao man jud kaha imong 'comfort zone' and that you've always wanted to achieve your 'craziest dream'. Ingna lang sila. Mo-sabot ra na sila ui since scholar pa jud d.ae ka, walay gasto. Then, ang IT pud(though I am not an IT grad), kay maka-abroad man pud. Nga equal2 ra guru gae ang sweldo nila sa mga MedTech grads. Hehe. Pero naa ra jud na nimo! Kung asa nimo feel, go! Life's too short to have regrets!

[hitch22]

It boils down to where you're bound to find success. Not all people are cut out to be doctors or nurses. You have to imagine yourself meeting sick people everyday. And people with aching bodies are not necessarily in a good mood unless sedated...hehe. Not all people are cut out to be IT professionals either, at least in the long haul. If the IT job is too easy, it probably doesn't pay that well. Likewise, if it sounds fun (like web designing and graphics designing), there's a chance you'd end up being a dime-a-dozen among countless people all over the world doing exactly the same thing you're doing, and hence less pay.

The good thing about the medical profession (although I'm not in it) is that just the thought of going through years of study and practice would already weed out the timid and lazy. Getting the title of "Doctor" is a prestigious and respected achievement. However, success only begins when you've established a good reputation in your area of specialization. If you fail here, all those certificates and diplomas wouldn't amount much. But then again, success is always about being able to provide a high value to the marketplace, regardless of profession.

When the IT revolution got underway in the 90s, IT professionals in general used to be scarce commodities. Nowadays, that scarcity is limited to specialists of certain packaged softwares like SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle, and other ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. Java programmers are a dime-a-dozen. There are millions of such geeks churning out Java codes in India. Same goes for VB. I highly doubt if you could find a company in the US that would sponsor the H1B visas for a Java or VB programmers. Those days are gone.

There's two reasons why some IT jobs pay high and why US companies would go through the trouble of sponsoring visas and spending for relocation: 1) only a few people possess the skill set; and 2) nobody wants to do the job (i.e. due to long hours and tight deadlines). Just think of the jobs associated with OFWs: it's either DIFFICULT (e.g. combining the skills of IT, accounting, and international banking and should work long hours and 24/7 standby support), DEMEANING (e.g. domestic helper), or DANGEROUS (e.g. oil rig and construction workers).

Yes, follow your passion always. But don't over-romanticize that aspect. Reality is, you really can't judge a profession unless you've experienced working in one. Just like in food, it's called acquired taste. Do you really prefer being a web designer over being a doctor? If I have the talent for both, I'd go for the latter (and be a web designer on the sidelines).

[kurdapia.nikki]

Good luck, niks.

Thanks. Weeee.

Pag-IT na lang. Mao man jud kaha imong 'comfort zone' and that you've always wanted to achieve your 'craziest dream'. Ingna lang sila. Mo-sabot ra na sila ui since scholar pa jud d.ae ka, walay gasto. Then, ang IT pud(though I am not an IT grad), kay maka-abroad man pud. Nga equal2 ra guru gae ang sweldo nila sa mga MedTech grads. Hehe. Pero naa ra jud na nimo! Kung asa nimo feel, go! Life's too short to have regrets!

I know right? I have to pursue this before I regret anything.
Mao ng ako jud gi fight akong gusto. HAHA.
I put up a fight and arguments with my parents.
Pero pff, thank you Lord. Faith has made it easy.

[pruce]

Graduating student of SciHi Labangon.
And worried najud kaayo ko kay hapit nako mu graduate pero wa gihapon ko ka decide.
Hasta ako parents.

Information Technology
- my passion and my desire
- stepping stone to achieve my CRAZIEST DREAM
To become the best Female Graphics and Web Designer/Developer. CHARSSS.
- mao jud ni ako gi pray sa Ginoo sukad pa sauna.
- mao sad jud ni ako comfortable zone


Medical Technology or Nursing
- ganahan sa ako parents
- kay maka abroad daw
- di ni mao akong ganahan kay di ko ganahan science
- hardworking tuod ko pero kapoyan jud ko mutuon
- super anti jud ko aning mga kursoha
- pero ganahan ako parents kay dako daw sweldo


Tabangi ko ninyo.
Englihten me please.
Kung dili IT, unsa'y lain maayo?
CS? CompE? ECE?
Kana rajud four choices ako choice for college.



Di man sad sila mag mahay nako if mag buot ko's akong gusto.
Kay scholar man gihapon when I go to college.
Samoka jud oi.
Tungod ani sa, pirmi nalang ko saputon nila.
I kept convincing them nga mag IT jud ko.
Pero di gihapon sila.


BOTH PARTIES -- MedTech and IT,
Enlighten me please.

you better choose I.T....

[spyre12]

i-follow unsa imo ganahan/hilig/interests para d naka maglisod sa klase. maapektohan jud imo performance/grades kung kuha2x ka kurso nga d ka interesado.

OK na kau na CS or IT if dream nimo ang pagka graphic artist/web developer. dali pa mahuman kay 4yr course raman.

But if interested sad ka additional skills like low level programming & computer interfacing (eg. robotics), go for CompE.

[risklight]

murag commercial ra na sa telepono kung san ka masaya supportahan tika ^_^ if mag IT ka mas flexible kaysa sa MedTech kay hospital based ra gyud na unless mahimo ka murag CSI ^_^