Does school really matter?

**_Cathy_** · April 25th, 2018 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by MR_BIG18

If all your kids graduate na...talo mo na kami...hehe

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CSA then DLSU ka ata?

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**brushless** · April 25th, 2018 12:38 PM

does school really matter?

Not necessarily. It's the person's ability, perseverance and street smart that matters the most. I have a friend who graduated from STI. Now, he is in Malaysia, earning a six figure income equivalent, has his own house there and a car. He is married with one kid. And the CEO in the Philippines from an exclusive school earns how much? Sheesh.

If higher tiered companies in the Philippines are reserved mostly for exclusive university applicants, a pinoy can always go overseas where his skills and performance are more recognized rather than the school they've attended. The Philippines has a really backward culture and if this cultural mindset doesn't change, there won't by any real progress in this country. Look at our politicians. Wow, most of them have impressive school background, sosyal dude. And look at state of the Philippines. What a joke. We are so proud of our schools and yet couldn't even make it to the top 200 in the whole of ASIA. Another joke.

Choosing applicants here is like choosing a branded product. It's so f up.

So glad I didn't have my education in the Philippines. Otherwise, I'll be discriminated based upon the school I've attended. lol.

**Walter** · April 25th, 2018 03:00 PM

It happens everywhere ...

**mda** · April 25th, 2018 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by brushless

So glad I didn't have my education in the Philippines. Otherwise, I'll be discriminated based upon the school I've attended. lol.

Sa US... Ivy leaguers looking down on everyone else.

Same with the posh schools in Singapore. NUS, NTU, SMU. The rest are ho hum. That's assuming you can even scrape up the ridiculous grades needed to join.

People still discriminate by the color of their skin. Even moreso your school? haha

**_Cathy_** · April 25th, 2018 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by mda

Sa US... Ivy leaguers looking down on everyone else.

Same with the posh schools in Singapore. NUS, NTU, SMU. The rest are ho hum. That's assuming you can even scrape up the ridiculous grades needed to join.

People still discriminate by the color of their skin. Even moreso your school? haha

I agree. Even among Universities may discrimination pa rin, lalo na pag community college.

**reddik2017** · April 25th, 2018 03:37 PM

If you want to get employed,then a school's reputation really matters. Even the ADS minsan naka enumerate na kung grads ng aling univ ang preferred ng employer.

Discrimation will always be around no matter what.

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**Yatta** · April 25th, 2018 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Egan101

I started my career in IT by joining a firm known to hire mostly grads from UP, ADMU, and DLSU. It's true that when hiring fresh grads, they have an advantage over less known universities, even more for grads from the province. When actual work starts and the playing field evens out at the office, school is not a big factor anymore.

However, when I am hiring experienced resources, their college is not a major consideration for me. I look more for skill, attitude, and maturity.

The country produces tens of thousands of grads trying to get only a thousand or so jobs. Graduates need all the advantage they can get. If only our unemployment rate is not so high.

Originally Posted by Walter

If one takes IT course now ... by the time you graduate, there might be over production of IT professionals ...

I remember when we were in fourth year HS, a lot of my classmates took PT as it was the "in" thing back then. BY the time they graduated the market was saturated with PT grads. Then the nursing craze took over, Pinoy MDs ditching their careers to take up nursing (and getting flak abroad for questioning other physicians while working as nurses), even a computer school began offering BS Nursing. Ganun din after a few years, sobra-sobra ang mga nurses.

**makelovenotwar** · April 25th, 2018 04:56 PM

I believe IT - software development is still in now.
Lots of job openings. Very easy to jump from one employer to another.
Palaging "kulang sa tao" ang bukang-bibig ng mga IT - software project managers.

I don't know with IT - hardware though.

**_Cathy_** · April 25th, 2018 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by makelovenotwar

I believe IT - software development is still in now.
Lots of job openings. Very easy to jump from one employer to another.
Palaging "kulang sa tao" ang bukang-bibig ng mga IT - software project managers.

I don't know with IT - hardware though.

Saka IT pwede kahit anong industry.

And I realized di pwede bobo sa IT. LOL. Yung gumagawa ng codes, kailangan magaling sa analysis and rational. Yung friend ko nga magaling sa macro at SQL e fan na fan na ko. I don't know how I will survive at work without him. He makes my life so much easier.