Category Archives: Information Technology & Computers

computers vs. musicology

Posted on by
Reply

I wish there were suitable musicology jobs to which I could apply during my three-week break from studies in computer applications development. However, there aren’t any, so by early 2010 I will probably promote “Plan B” (computers) to “Plan A.”

If anyone has even a slightly good argument for why I should do any further work as a so-called “independent” (i.e. unemployed) scholar in musicology (which will probably never lead to anything ever again) instead of learning, say, XML and Java (which would nicely supplement my studies and make me even more employable), I’d love to hear it.

Computer Applications Development

Posted on by
Reply

Re my just-started “Plan B” studies in Computer Applications Development at Conestoga College, I kicked ass on some recent course assignments and lab work, over the weekend worked on a tough-to-accomplish one-page resume (difficult given that my academic CV is nine pages long), yesterday went to a Research In Motion co-op job info session at the college (also with free pizza and soft drinks, and we each got a deck of cards with Blackberrys on them!), and today am going both to a career fair (where I hope to meet people from a couple of relevant companies: RIM, Desire2Learn, and RealNetworks) and to a session with the college’s IT Dean for those of us in computer programs, but who are older (“mature”).