CS 2900
First, I'm going to say, "brilliant marketing." I'm paying to work for them.
Background: My college is rewiring their entire network infrastructure in their Computer Science labs over summer semester. They're running network wire for over 100 new computers in 5 different rooms. Each wire needs to be terminated to either a server block or a jack, both ends, 8 "twists" per wire and then certify the whole line, that's a lot of tedious work. That's just the beginning, there's still installing all the server software in the server rooms as well as a myriad of other details I won't go into.
Anyway, because this isn't a private college all the hiring of labor goes through the state's bureaucracy. Because the two instructors in charge of this project don't have much time, they have to do it themselves.
The Brilliant Part: They created a new elective class, CS 2900, and are having the students do all this work. Their pitch is, "this class will NEVER be offered again in any semester in the future" and "no school has EVER done this before, nor will they ever do this."
So, what do I do? I paid my tuition and joined the class, just to put it on a damn resume. I'm paying THEM to let me work. I'm thinking of dropping the class and saving my money so I can play video games and enjoy my summer, but the experience lasts as long as Moore's Law.
Background: My college is rewiring their entire network infrastructure in their Computer Science labs over summer semester. They're running network wire for over 100 new computers in 5 different rooms. Each wire needs to be terminated to either a server block or a jack, both ends, 8 "twists" per wire and then certify the whole line, that's a lot of tedious work. That's just the beginning, there's still installing all the server software in the server rooms as well as a myriad of other details I won't go into.
Anyway, because this isn't a private college all the hiring of labor goes through the state's bureaucracy. Because the two instructors in charge of this project don't have much time, they have to do it themselves.
The Brilliant Part: They created a new elective class, CS 2900, and are having the students do all this work. Their pitch is, "this class will NEVER be offered again in any semester in the future" and "no school has EVER done this before, nor will they ever do this."
So, what do I do? I paid my tuition and joined the class, just to put it on a damn resume. I'm paying THEM to let me work. I'm thinking of dropping the class and saving my money so I can play video games and enjoy my summer, but the experience lasts as long as Moore's Law.
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