<blockquote rel="VegeMate">Hi mga IT masters,
Ask ko lang mga mam/sir is it too late for me to study an IT-related course dyan sa Oz? I'm 26 y/o. I took a medical course in college here in Ph pero I didn't finish it (2 years lang). Nagtrabaho ako as a transcriptionist for almost 7 years. Plano ko sana mag-aral ng IT-related course kung matuloy dyan sa Oz and if kung swertehin ulit maghanap ng work in the IT industry dyan. I really wanna work in the IT industry. Do you think there are still job opportunities when I finish my course say in 2-3 years? Alam ko kada taon lalong dumadami competition dyan and also knowing pa yung ibang companies nag-start na mag-outsource sa India or Pinas.
Maraming salamat!</blockquote>
Hello vegmate,
Nakakagutom naman username mo 🙂 hehe..
To give u an idea, madami competition dito at madami nagaaral ng IT. Nagpunta ako dito 2011 at age of 31 at nagaral ng masters in IT. Nung pumunta ako dito akala ko konti lang nag masters pero ang dami pala. I went through very tough times kasi kasama ko wife and 2yr old kid at the time. Nagaaral ako sa umaga, trabaho ng cleaning sa gabi, pag uwi mag babantay ng anak. Good thing nagkawork si misis sa office pero kulang parin yung pera kasi mahal ang babysit dito tapos kelangan magipon para sa tuition of $8k per semester. Bumagsak ako ng 4 subjects dahil sa sobrang pressure sa buhay dito. After I graduated kung anu ano ang pinasukan kong work kasi wala ako local experience although I have 6 years of IT experience in systems support.
Anyway, moving on to the good part. After 6 months pag tapos ko mag graduate I was blessed with an IT job as Systems Engineer and now waiting for my PR result.
Dont think of this as a discouragement but rather an advice of how you can plan your success here. Magtiwala ka sa Diyos, samahan mo ng matinding lakas ng loob at mahabang pasensya, kakalooban ka ni Lord ng blessing dito.
Gusto ko sana ipadala sa maalaala mo kaya yung kwento ko pero naisip ko kay Mark Logan nalang hehehe 🙂
All d best and God bless!!!
Anon001