jedidiahAJ
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- Lynnwood, USA
“I just feel more motivated now to accomplish it†There you go!
Programming is def not something new for you and since you have been in the field you bring a better understanding of how school works fits well with the real market out there (something a lot of kids going to college have no clue). I didn't when I went to school. I always knew I wanted to do something related to Engineering (as I hated Biology growing up ) so I got myself into community college. I worked all my way through community college (part time kinda jobs) but I was very focused on getting all the necessary credits to move to a 4-year school. I have to be honest I didn't know how it would all work out in the end with a real job in a real market. I worked hard to keep my GPA high and was easily accepted into University of Washington's Computer Science program as I realized during my community college that I wanted to do something related to computers.
In my Junior year of college, I really wanted to get an internship so I like everyone else put out tons of applications (almost 70 - everyone wants someone with experience and I didn't have any at that point). I got 2 offers from all those applications one at Premera Blue Cross in IT and the other at Philips in Software Development. Given my major was CS and my interest in Software engineering I choose Philips. It was a great fit for me, as an intern they paid me well, I was racking up lots of experience and yes they even gave me college credit that counted to my senior project. 3 months into my internship I knew that I had landed in a career job that was fulfilling and had amazing growth opportunities. I signed on to come full-time and work for them after I graduated and have been here at Philips for the past 3 years now.
I work on Software for premium ultrasound devices and have had huge opportunities presented my way in the course of these 3 years (and yes the pay was pretty good too).
Programming is def not something new for you and since you have been in the field you bring a better understanding of how school works fits well with the real market out there (something a lot of kids going to college have no clue). I didn't when I went to school. I always knew I wanted to do something related to Engineering (as I hated Biology growing up ) so I got myself into community college. I worked all my way through community college (part time kinda jobs) but I was very focused on getting all the necessary credits to move to a 4-year school. I have to be honest I didn't know how it would all work out in the end with a real job in a real market. I worked hard to keep my GPA high and was easily accepted into University of Washington's Computer Science program as I realized during my community college that I wanted to do something related to computers.
In my Junior year of college, I really wanted to get an internship so I like everyone else put out tons of applications (almost 70 - everyone wants someone with experience and I didn't have any at that point). I got 2 offers from all those applications one at Premera Blue Cross in IT and the other at Philips in Software Development. Given my major was CS and my interest in Software engineering I choose Philips. It was a great fit for me, as an intern they paid me well, I was racking up lots of experience and yes they even gave me college credit that counted to my senior project. 3 months into my internship I knew that I had landed in a career job that was fulfilling and had amazing growth opportunities. I signed on to come full-time and work for them after I graduated and have been here at Philips for the past 3 years now.
I work on Software for premium ultrasound devices and have had huge opportunities presented my way in the course of these 3 years (and yes the pay was pretty good too).