My First Week in my Telecommunications and Internet Technologies Class

I never thought I'd say this, but my first week wasn't exactly a walk in the park. I have a few things against me:

• The instructors had a "European" English accent, the kind that girls in the US probably think is cute. I find it hard to understand them, given that I grew up watching Hollywood.films. I bet it wasn't easy for my American classmate as well, who by the way, is from Kansas. Yes, think of Dorothy and Toto. Howdy pardner!
• I was the only one with a non-IT background. The rest of my classmates graduated from Internet Technologies, Computer Networking, Electrical Engineering, etc... courses. When it was my time to introduce myself, I managed to blurt out that I graduated with a Chemical Engineering Degree and have no background in IT. I did say that I have a very strong interest in learning about telecommunications and internet technologies. That managed to draw some looks that seems to say"Huh?! Are you sure you want to be here?!"
• Hunger. The moment I leave work, I have to move it and get going. I have an hour to get to class.It turned out that my classmates don't seem to mind not eating. I can't do that. Food is my fuel. It gives me energy for physical and mental work. Our class is from 6pm to 9pm, and it seems like we have nor breaks. I need to eat something while I commute to class. A sandwich... maybe a nice juicy burger. There is just no other way to do it if I want to arrive in class on time.

These are a few of those things. It seems I have a lot of catching up to do....

So let's go! (in Zohan accent)

My IT Battleplan

In every war, there should always be a battle plan. As quoted from the Art of War by Sun Tzu:

"Hence the saying:  The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; 

the good general cultivates his resources."

I'm no soldier. Just an Entreprengineer. I have limited time on my hands, but 

I want to live a balanced life. Man is afterall, multi-dimensional. Therefore, I 

have no to make use of plans and force myself to execute them as violently as I can.

 Let me see:

• Learn new CMS. I decided it will have to be Joomla! for now.

• Get a degree in Telecommunications and Internet Technology. 

• Study Internetworking via Cisco's CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate). 
• Get myself CCNA certified (Thanks to Dennis and Arnold for introducing me to this wonderful company)
  

 

• Get a Windows certification of something. Maybe a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

I hope to finish all these in 2-3 years through professional and educational institutions. I already enrolled myself in a specialized university here in  Vienna which thankfully teach in English (I imagine myself to be totally devastated, defeated, and broken if these courses were taught in German. I can speak Deutsch but just a little. I frankly sound like a preschooler, but it get me by for now.

Hmm... so far the plans looks all good from here. The question remains if I am really built for this. Let's see if the Entreprengineer can make it in IT.