Comments on: Cross Road … what to do, what to do? http://www.ashgar.net/2007/02/05/cross-road-what-to-do-what-to-do a blog about nothing! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:37:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ahmed http://www.ashgar.net/2007/02/05/cross-road-what-to-do-what-to-do#comment-10 Ahmed Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:36:50 +0000 http://www.ashgar.net/?p=25#comment-10 sorry it was typoed. it's actually www.artcream.net sorry it was typoed. it’s actually http://www.artcream.net

]]> By: Maan http://www.ashgar.net/2007/02/05/cross-road-what-to-do-what-to-do#comment-9 Maan Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:51:21 +0000 http://www.ashgar.net/?p=25#comment-9 Thanks for the Advice Ahmed. :) I hear what you are saying, I'm also turned off by the working enviorment in Aramco. Another friend gave me the same advice, since I have lots of free time, I should just spend it learning new skills. Currently I'm going through Managed DirectX, after it I'll go back to J2ME. hmm, the site you listed in the end is either down or something is missing in the URL. Anyway, thanks a lot for reading this and the good advice. Have a nice day :) Thanks for the Advice Ahmed. :)
I hear what you are saying, I’m also turned off by the working enviorment in Aramco.
Another friend gave me the same advice, since I have lots of free time, I should just spend it learning new skills. Currently I’m going through Managed DirectX, after it I’ll go back to J2ME.
hmm, the site you listed in the end is either down or something is missing in the URL.
Anyway, thanks a lot for reading this and the good advice.
Have a nice day :)

]]> By: Ahmed http://www.ashgar.net/2007/02/05/cross-road-what-to-do-what-to-do#comment-8 Ahmed Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:46:37 +0000 http://www.ashgar.net/?p=25#comment-8 Salm 3lekum. If you want my advice check if it's really good for you to go to aramco. Recently I heard many bad things about the work environment there and I seen many people who quit their job there. One of my friends is ther eon the IT department and he is a recent KFUPM graduate from CBC program, he told me he have been working a lot of overtime without being payed for it. One of my friends who quit told me after he quit that he figured out that his former boss was exploiting department funds and ordering "new furniture" and labeling previous furniture unrepairable so he can take it home. Even worse every employee has a right to order a laptop in their department for their needs.. his boss ordered one in his name and took 2 laptops without telling him. I say you really have a good job if you are getting paid to take care of the inter labs.. I recently saw them when I came to visit some friends in KFUPM. It looks new so that lab has a lot of future... my advice is to consider the thought that in the future that lab might be a busy bee hive and will expand in the future... one thing for sure about it. If you are employed in the start of something you are in a good position in the future. To be honest I find that you seem to have a lot of time in your hands.. why not spend it developing and improving skills.. you can then create an applicational CV and post it around. I work in a recruitment office and personally I see that one important factor is what have you been doing with your free time before you came to us.. did you spend 3 years doing nothing.. or were these 3 years fruitful. It's a very important question that could make us decline a person. Btw if you are interested to know.. there is room to develop video games here.. there are a lot of great Arab artists around and there is even more programmers.. they only need to work togeather.. check out this site for some arabic artists www.arcream.net Salm 3lekum.
If you want my advice check if it’s really good for you to go to aramco. Recently I heard many bad things about the work environment there and I seen many people who quit their job there. One of my friends is ther eon the IT department and he is a recent KFUPM graduate from CBC program, he told me he have been working a lot of overtime without being payed for it.

One of my friends who quit told me after he quit that he figured out that his former boss was exploiting department funds and ordering “new furniture” and labeling previous furniture unrepairable so he can take it home. Even worse every employee has a right to order a laptop in their department for their needs.. his boss ordered one in his name and took 2 laptops without telling him.

I say you really have a good job if you are getting paid to take care of the inter labs.. I recently saw them when I came to visit some friends in KFUPM. It looks new so that lab has a lot of future… my advice is to consider the thought that in the future that lab might be a busy bee hive and will expand in the future… one thing for sure about it. If you are employed in the start of something you are in a good position in the future.

To be honest I find that you seem to have a lot of time in your hands.. why not spend it developing and improving skills.. you can then create an applicational CV and post it around. I work in a recruitment office and personally I see that one important factor is what have you been doing with your free time before you came to us.. did you spend 3 years doing nothing.. or were these 3 years fruitful. It’s a very important question that could make us decline a person.

Btw if you are interested to know.. there is room to develop video games here.. there are a lot of great Arab artists around and there is even more programmers.. they only need to work togeather..
check out this site for some arabic artists http://www.arcream.net

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