Livin' the life...

Thanks jason. It's easy to end up stuck in a rut in IT in bim if you don't make the right decisions. Sadly these aren't the things they teach you at uni, and without someone there to guide them along the way, lots of folks in the field end up frustrated and disillusioned. My website is all about trying to change that and getting the guys (and gals) to work together, but, it hasn't been easy going, and while I think it's a necessary and useful site, it's underutilized and really is yet to reach its full potential. I'd like to do a survey to see what percentage of UWI students that do a Comp Sci degree a) actually go on to a job that is even remotely to what they studied, or b) go on to work in IT and are actually satisfied, and don't wish that they had done something else.

Good points, but I think we must also at times remember the context, or rather the environment students come into. As we spoke about many times, it seems to be widely accepted that Barbados mainly uses IT because it has to, not as a strategic tool. So most jobs in the IT field tend to resemble support roles, as opposed to a good set of the material that is taught at UWI.

Another research question I would like to add to your set is, (c) how much of the material learned at UWI is actually used in jobs? How does it match up? Is UWI's Computer Science degree preparing you for the working world, or no, the Barbados working world. These are all pertinent issues.

Regarding your website specifically and what it aims to facilitate, I wonder if marketing could be an issue. Students these days I think are always online, especially persons in our field. The forum would be an excellent opportunity for them to discuss real topics or do simple things like get help with coursework!

Ah well, we'll see how it goes.

Yup, my main problem is definitely marketing, but, that is actually a symptom of the root problem, which is a lack of free time. It's just me running the site, and between work, studying, and other projects that I'm working on, it's hard to find the time required to dedicate to the site to make it more successful.