I'm doing a diploma of it, but I really hate Microslop, and all its issues are there. Is there anything I need to have that only works on Windows because, from my understanding, everything I need there is an open source free and available
I'll post before floating this idea properly, but I want to actually have this as a post.
For context, I always worry that coursework and assignments won't actually give me the time to network for jobs or job opportunities, which ends up being having really good marks but no prospective jobs or leads to jobs. Then I'm suddenly a doomer saying, "The job market is horrible."
I think we now know that finding work is much more of a social game that no one really gives you a guidebook on how to do well, and my worry is that uni won't give me the time among the assignments to do it badly enough to learn.
So, I wanted to create this post as a stepping stone for learning, but also as my attempt at this.
The question is: what does networking actually look like? How does one juggle having the time to network while also doing the coursework? How can someone practice learning networking?
My two cents on networking are basically you being a community leader for creation. You learn to be comfortable creating something related to your field and sharing it with people, even if it's bad, even if it's wrong. Just make something and show people what you made consistently. It's talking to people about why you're passionate about something, even the parts you don't fully know.
You don't have to be some sort of YouTuber, but being able to build a group of people and show them your work is networking. You're building your witness of your competence, passion, and identity.
It's learning how to ask for help even if you don't have all the information or even the correct way to form the question. You can do it badly, but do it consistently. Talk about your creations to people who don't know why you're passionate about it.
It's your work. Be proud that you made it, and be okay with people looking at you, judging you.
My two cents isn't really advice but more permission. Permission to do something badly, to do something sacred, to do something that could fail, and do it anyway, because that is what gets people to see you for you, not some piece of paper or portfolio but you as a person.
I'm gonna do a diploma of it, and my laptop has died. I'm looking at the recommendations Rmit had said on their website for this course
To give context, I've done a semester before but had to leave due to mental health issues, but one of the things that had happened was that the virtual box classes teacher wasn't available to give us access to the classes and had to we had to do them online.
The thing is the teacher then said that we needed to have these spec before (although it been a few years ago so my memory might be wrong) but some of the task weren't possible to do with my laptop at the time due it not having the right specs
I don't really think it is fair to ask students to go and make a booking for a computer room (given my experience with the Rmit booking system) to do tasks and assignments when more affluent students can afford to just do them at home because they can afford the laptop
The question is, has anyone had specs below their recommendations, and what was your experience like where you were able to do the course work? Can you recommend a laptop that is a bit more affordable and is able to do the coursework? Thanks
Above is a screenshot of the recommendations they said under what you will learn for the Diploma of it