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floundering, windows 7, programming school and stuff

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I haven’t had a good week. A relapse and a reemergence of old symptoms. However, I won’t talk much about that.

I managed to upgrade my computer to Windows 7. It was nightmarish and HP told me they wouldn’t support it even though they have upgrade instructions on their website. It was the drivers that were giving me such issue. It took me a couple of days but I downloaded updated drivers and did a few other fixes so now the CPU is not at 90% and I’m connected to the Internet. Heh, hardware and drivers and all that aren’t my strength.

A friend of mine is going to school to become a programmer and it made me envious. Design isn’t my strength but I love working with code. Prior to upgrading to Windows 7 I tweaked a script and got single-sign on working for my IPB forum and Drupal install on a website of mine. I’d waited for months for the script that would do this to be released but I figured I could do it on my own since the developer stopped working on the project. So, maybe, just maybe, I should do the same as my friend. I guess like tons of other people I really don’t know what I want to do. I know I don’t want to be a pharmacy tech for the rest of my life. I know I love working with code. I know I want to learn more about programming.

My license still has not come in and my teacher is MIA. The money for the school was a gift but I still find it upsetting. I know I don’t want to be a pharmacy tech forever but I still want to work part time using my license for a while.

up and out

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

After five weeks at a pharmacy I realize that working at a job like that, while handy for when there’s nothing else, is definitely not for me. Shelving pills and counting them out for $12 an hour per diem is my nightmare. :P The per diem is a deal breaker and most of the jobs I found available thought I’d love to work full time without any insurance or benefits. Lovely.

I’m going to see about working a day or two a week until I start school again. Yep, I want to start school for my Masters. I’m looking into a couple of local schools — one in Fullerton, the other is UCLA — for Library Science.

My brother’s friend wanted to go into the same major but the thought of working for free for a lengthy period of time drove her off. Apparently you’re supposed to be getting paid before you’re fully qualified! I’ve found my direction again.

Even if the major doesn’t work out  I do want to go beyond having a BA. The job market for pharmacy tech made me re-think selling myself short for comfort.