After Graduation

Money matters. Cguro isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit gustong gusto nyo na grumaduate ay para magkatrabaho at magka sweldo. Sinasabi ko sa inyo, bilang isang single computer science/information technology graduate na kakapasok palang sa industry, magugulat kayo sa trabaho nyo at sa sweldo nyo. Kung tama ang career choices nyo, malamang ay either staff level kau or encoder level napabagsak (wag kau gumaya sakin na napunta sa education ^^)

Anyways, eto ang ilan sa mga bagay na kailangan nyung isecure right after graduation:

1.) Get a Job. Staff or Encoder are some good starting points. Kung magaling ka (at may mga references na magba-back sa inyo), Junior Programmer is the job you're looking for. Actually ung first work ko is a Systems Staff at the MIS Department of Nittetsu (Nippon Steel), bago ako na promote to Systems Programmer after a couple of months .

2.) Have at least three ATMs. One is where your salary lands (This will probably be provided by your company, and will almost always have 0 balance), one is your savings account, and one for your petty cash (which should be a CHEKING Account). Every salary, move all of your money from your petty cash account to your saving account, and your all cash in your salary account to your petty cash account. AVOID using your savings account! Get a credit card if you need more cash, but remeber to use your petty cash account to pay for it! ^^

3.) Check your benefits. Health insurance is an ABSOULUTE MUST. Unless you have a dependent (kapatid, parents w/o a job or grandparents), life insurance is just optional.

4.) If you have a credit card, pay the whole credit balance every salary (even before transferring money to your petty cash account). Philippine Bank's credit interest is huge.

5.) Write good, Speak up, and keep up with the tech trends. Being a good programmer is not nearly enough. Being a good english writer/speaker does wonders at our career path, and of course, knowing the latest may put you ahead of your peers.

6.) Have a life! Masarap mag bar. Try nyu! ^^ Ahahahaha

The tips above are paraphrased from here, pero in a perspective of a filipino computer science graduate. ^^