What next
I have a decision to make.
I have lots of them, but one that is relevant right now: what will I be doing come September? (I do not actually want to be a glass artisan. At least not full-time.)
Option 1: continue working where I am now. This is not an ideal option; this is all but a clerical job, and I’m not gaining any real skills with it.
Option 2: speak to them about working as a programmer. This is also not ideal, because I don’t have any programming skills at all, and I’m not sure I can learn them fast enough on the job to keep one.
Option 3: find some other job. Well, if I’m lucky.
Option 4: go to school for 1 year (8 months classes, 4 months stage) learn programming techniques. A few good things: it’s well-regarded in Montreal and they often hire people from this program based on “hey, who here is good”; I’d have 4 months (15 weeks, really) job experience that’s paid; I’d become totally fluent in French. I’m just ready not to be in school for a while. (Tuition and fees would be about 2500-3000 for the year.)
I’m leaning to 4, because it seems to be best for my long-term plans, but I’m so tired of school school school. On the other hand, anything else is likely to turn into a dissatisfying job, and if I’m going to go back to school, I’d like to do it now so I can then get a good job that pays well and buy a house.
I don’t know. I guess I’ll see. Maybe I jsut need some time away from thinking before I can decide: I have until July 15 to respond to the school.
June 21st, 2004 at 11:46 pm
Number 3 sounds like a viable option and I’m sure you could do it, being an intelligent person and all. If you wanted to do it, that is.
June 22nd, 2004 at 1:03 pm
The economy in Montreal is slumping, except in a few fields. I’m trying to think long-term, and I’m not sure what kind of job I could get, long-term, that would have possibilities for my future (and that I would find interesting). Which is why option 4 seems likely, at the moment.
June 22nd, 2004 at 2:34 pm
Do you think you could stand doing (1) for a while as a way to prepare yourself (mentally and financially) for (4)?
Of course, this is more or less what I’m doing myself, so take with a grain of salt! :)
June 23rd, 2004 at 12:17 pm
Rana, that’s probably exactly what I’m going to do. I don’t mind (1), and I want the money. And by September maybe I’ll be ready for (4). I hope so, anyways, since I’m almost certainly going to go for it. It just seems long-range more intelligent.