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Hi Guys..

Present Situation: In India, after10+2.. joined BCA in local UNI. Age 26+ , wasted few yrs in between with family issues.

Presently preparing for BCA 2nd yr exams which will be july sometimes. Got quite a knowlege of computers - but all lil mixed up stuffs - hardware/softwares/internet/web design..kinda like tried all the stuffs to do with a PC. Doing stuffs with my computers since like more than 8 yrs now.

What should i do next.. i wanna continue with computers. Can i do any job after my 2nd yr exams in BCA ? got no work experience though. Don't wanna do fake/illegal experience cert.

Good hold of english (read+write). Travelled 4 countries already. Worried about my future with jobs and life actually. What should i do. Where and how. Got an idea of doing some short term course/s in anything with computers (programming or graphics or IT related) after my exams.. in pune/mumbai/delhi.. So anyone in these places who can suggest me anything .. any website or links or info that i can relate to, would be greatly helpful. Anyone doing any course work like what im thinking about who can help me with some suggestions on what to do next. BCA is easy. By end of Aug`07 - i will pass BCA. Till then what should i do ? Specially after my exams. As of now, I will not do anything except to prepare for my exams for the 2nd yr though, but its always on my life on what to do next.

Some of my friends suggest me to join a call centre somewhere in India - that i don't have to be a graduate for that. But its not about the money now at present. After i pass out of BCA, which will be by 2007, I wanna get a job in computer field. Doing furthur studies like MBA or MCA is not exactly what's in my mind, if only i can get a good job, maybe in a couple of months after i can go out of this country specially in USA. Everyone these days does that right? I heard a lots like those. But when it comes to me now, Im confused.

So something to prepare me for that, since i won't be having any work experience after i pass out of BCA or at present. Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated ( specially from the ones who might be in my situation).

Btw.. done sitting with friends.. u guys know.. when we get together for drinks. serious talks goes down the drain. Tried searching the net, lots of search results, i got really confused. So trying here now for some REAL help. hope it works. Any and every help/suggestions will be helpful to me. So guys and gals, try to help me out here.


Cheers

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America is the land of oppurtunity and i have known many indians to become filty rich here, with thier Indian educations even. But to be taken seriously job experience would be a plus, but i suggest coming to America and taking some of the courses here and maybe transfer some of your credits you might have to a school in the US. This way you have a american education which compainies might trust more unfortunatly then a foriegn one. Another thing is that if you come here, the indian community helps people out. They take care of thier kind if ya know what i mean. There are like Indian organizations throughout the US like Cho Gam (however ya spell it ) or Indian cultural association of central jersey. just to name a few. If you join one of the communities and be a part of them while in school over here, you might meet some executive person of some computer thing and he or she might be able to get you a great job or something...
Think about it..

RY J

Definately intern is the way to go. I work with several. They are very much "looked" after. This year because of the shortage of "good" college interns they spent lots of money on enticements to get students to work for the summer. (Laptops, PDA's, etc), and it's not like they don't get paid decent either. I work with several engineering students that are invited back every summer, and in fact some have transitioned to work part -time while in school. It's a great way to get to know the environment and what the "Real" world of the profession you're studying is all about.