IT and Technical Schools. How was your experience?

I had an absolutely horrible experience going to a Technical school.

What has been everyone's experience here? Good? Bad?

I went half-way through a Bachelor of Computer Science degree at DeVRY in Calgary, Alberta Canada.

I had hoped it would be a general set of courses that would lead to some very advanced training. My main interest was building and servicing PCs, networking design, deployment, server deployment and admin.

I later dropped out because it was designed for people who never even seen a computer before and very entry-level programming. There was more general education (Math, Economics, Sociology, Psycology, English, etc.) than computer related courses.

They taught you how to turn the PC on and how to type a letter. I had taken this stuff already in grade 7......

A year later a few lines of code in C+ (by someone from Sweden I couldn't understand. No offence at all to Swedes ) and COBOL were taught.

Half-way through I was taking accounting, technical writing and basic Linux script editing. (of course they didn't even teach anyone why someone would use Linux, how to use it, install it, distro differences,etc. etc) Thats when I dropped out.

I had a GPA of 4.0 and never opened a book. Even during open-book exams they sat under my desk.

I'm not trying to brag, as I'm the first to admit I'm no genious. It was just WAY too easy. They didn't offer anything beyond the basics. (even the basics were lacking. Never learned how to build a PC, hardware diagnostics, viruses removal....)

I know this is just my experience, but I met many students that had similar complaints of NAIT and SAIT.

I hope people here have had better experiences

I don't remember. I was always stoned and watching the Muppet Show.

Did they need those glasses to see where to put their mouths?

I hope he's quick, cause if I take notice I'll be pinching his arm off at the shoulder....

LMFAO!

I'd think about it but it's too clogged with Gerbil carcasses. 8)

OK... i'm going to refrain from the usual DIE NEWBIE DIE because I actually had the same experience.

I attended 1 semester at DeVry in Federal Way, WA (just outside Seattle). I too dropped out because I knew more about PC's than the stinkin' teachers. Also, it was extremely evident that the teachers had absolutely no clue how to use any of the equipment, like the brand new $10,000 ocsilloscopes.

It was a sad experience. I found out that 2 of the 5 instructors I had were fired for using fake credentials. Turns out I really did know more than a couple of them. It was a really, really nice campus. Everything was brand new. Only problem was all the teachers sucked.

Anyways, it didn't really hurt me. I don't work in the IT field, but I make pretty good money in the Security field. So... whatever. :-)

That is scary... We all know your computer credentials couldn't fill your jock strap... BTW, did you ever have the XXXXXXS jock strap custom made like you wanted?[/way to early for this shite]

Just think...if you would have gone to a real school you wouldn't be stuck in that job of cleaning out spuzz buckets at the local peep show.

However, we are here to help. Wingy has been looking for an assitant. It seems with advancing age it is getting harder and harder for him to work the shovel while digging up cadvers for...ermm...research purposes. There are also some nice benefits with the job...rotting seconds!

Shit thats funny. Killing myself over here

Note to self - don't Coerce the Canine 8)

You might as well relax dood.

There's nothing you can say to get a real rise out of me and I'm getting bored

Thanks for the warm welcome though