Noodleface
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You have failed your first lesson. Never turn down an internship.
If someone is willing to give a dude with little skill a spot, take it.
If someone is willing to give a dude with little skill a spot, take it.
Yeah I went from like $7 an hour at a school lab tech job to around the same for an internship. I'm extremely frugal and didn't blow my money but I was super hyped to make a living wage for the first time, heh.Man I quit Best Buy and moved to my internship making $14.50 the day I started. I thought I was living high on the fucking hog. I think I was making like $8.25 at Best Buy or some shit.
Yes.$24/hr? As an undergrad? wow.
Thanks Khane. That's pretty much along the lines of what I'm thinking. I work in a hospital so I am leaning towards health informatics. My goal is learn enough to go ahead and transfer to the IT dept while I finish my degree. We have tuition reimbursement, so it's not all bad.TragedyAnn, in your specific case I wouldn't recommend quitting school. You've put the time in already and just because you are in school doesn't mean you can't teach yourself as a compliment to your schooling as well. You've already invested time and money into getting the degree so it's probably in your best interest to finish and get that piece of paper.
As someone who used to live in Buffalo, $15 for senior/graduating doesn't seem bad at all (assuming that Buffalo is still a low-wage shithole with scads of affordable/cheap/derelict housing)We're one of the only game dev companies in the area(Buffalo,NY), we also have a strong relationship with the Buffalo Game Space(NPO dedicated to game dev education, which I'm also involved in). As such, we often offer internships to a lot of first/second year students as an educational opportunity to get involved in the business. Those ones specifically are lower paid. Minimum wage if they "work", unpaid is it's solely educational(i.e. they'll basically just be shadowing someone), and for senior/graduating interns we pay competitive $15/~.
So in our particular case, we often deal with low-skill interns as a way of giving back to the community here. Though I'd say you're probably generally correct
mmm but Buffalo is so cold bro.It's improved a lot over the last few years, but that's more or less still true. The cost of living here is insanely low, but the developer salaries are nationally competitive(very recent thing... < 5yrs). Which means Buffalo devs are ending up with significantly more take-home pay, it's really driving a lot of people to telecommute or do startups here, rather than move away.
Almost moved away myself two years ago~ to Boston before things took a sudden upswing.
I've worked in the healthcare industry for the last 8 years in integration. Before my current job it was mostly claims and carrier (insurance) information trading, ETL and the like (mostly flat file formats). Currently I am working with HL7 and other clinical data. Feel free to ask me questions if that is what you are interested in breaking into. HL7 is a standard in healthcare and won't ever be going away, it's good to know and learn because you will never have trouble finding a job.Thanks Khane. That's pretty much along the lines of what I'm thinking. I work in a hospital so I am leaning towards health informatics. My goal is learn enough to go ahead and transfer to the IT dept while I finish my degree. We have tuition reimbursement, so it's not all bad.
Very cool. Thanks for the info. I feel like I probably don't even know enough yet to know what to ask. I've been focused on software, like Epic... Now I gotta google HL7I've worked in the healthcare industry for the last 8 years in integration. Before my current job it was mostly claims and carrier (insurance) information trading, ETL and the like (mostly flat file formats). Currently I am working with HL7 and other clinical data. Feel free to ask me questions if that is what you are interested in breaking into. HL7 is a standard in healthcare and won't ever be going away, it's good to know and learn because you will never have trouble finding a job.
No x12 work? we are currenlty working with 837, 270 and 271, and we may have some questions.I've worked in the healthcare industry for the last 8 years in integration. Before my current job it was mostly claims and carrier (insurance) information trading, ETL and the like (mostly flat file formats). Currently I am working with HL7 and other clinical data. Feel free to ask me questions if that is what you are interested in breaking into. HL7 is a standard in healthcare and won't ever be going away, it's good to know and learn because you will never have trouble finding a job.