I'm actually still studying toward my degree in IT, but my degree requires "cooperative education", which basically means that over the course of earning your degree, you will gain roughly a year, year and a half of real-world job experience, either at the university itself or (preferably) at some company which may then hire you on once you graduate. So right now I'm working for the university as a computer technician / application developer. More technician than developer at this point, but this summer I'll definitely be getting into the development part of things
I'm earning $10 an hour, which <looks over shoulder
> is from what I hear rather on the low end of things for this field, but it beats the pay where my brother is working "part-time" (really a lot more - he keeps getting suckered into more hours because he needs the cash
) in facilities management at his university
What I like about this particular job is that it's not very hectic - which from what I hear is not very typical either, so be warned - given that it's mainly reactive rather than proactive; so I have time to do things like reply to your post asking what my job is like
That might change over the summer once I get busier into the programming; I don't know what kinds of deadlines my boss has set up for me! I also like not having to go out in inclement weather too much...
Well, hope that information has been helpful for you... wait a second, you're trying to make up your mind what sort of job you want a degree in? I thought you were older... don't tell me you're in high school too!
Everyone around here seems to be getting younger and younger! Besides, aren't you making art for SE5? Maybe you should go into digital media... say, is Malfador actually paying you anything for that stuff or are you working for free?