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[ram4mira]

really nice helpful thread 1k neda machan.

eth case 1 thaama mage prashneta reply awe nane ban???

ya ma 1 too.
thama maths karayo awe nadda koheda

 

[rash87]

first of all, thanks for opening this thread

im doing my ALs this year and after that i hope to go on in the IT field.

but i dont know what to choose from these various degrees.

• Diploma in Information & Communications Technology
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing with specialisation in Software Engineering
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing with specialisation in Multimedia
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing with specialisation in Web Development
• B.Sc (Hons) E-Commerce
(APIIT website)

Im in the mood of trying anything in this. but the thing is i dont know what is the best and what gives me a good salary.

what are the areas that have more job opportunities?? and what additional qualification do i need??

if i do a business degree(marketing or somthing ) along with that, will it help me more?

Well machan I can not give u much details on this, but I can tell u this much.
If u are doing AL in Math & intending on entering to the computer field, there good options wating for u.
Starting from Computer Engineering in Moratuwa university which'll give u BSc. Eng. degree, but of course u won't be directly selected to this as first u have to face two exams (2 semester exams) & then have to score a high GPA & then u can select this field.
Then again in Moratuwa university u have B.IT which was introduced in very recent times & a 4 year course but to ur choice u can finish it & leave in the third year for a job. If u only want to do Honors. u can do the fourth year too.
Then again u have Computer Science degree ( I think software focused one), which Heshan ayiya is engaged in. U can get more info about this when comes back online.
There is also BIT, which u can either enter through AL examination or externally, again another 3 yr course.
More info about Computer Engineering & Moratuwa BSc..IT can be aacquired from Moratuwa university official site.

I'll give u more information about Moratuwa university IT programms.

 

[rash87]

hmmm i hv sum knwledge abt maths......bt there are so many engeenering things neda?
hodama enjeneering eka mkakda?
u knw with gud jobs...

Electronic Engineering; very high salleries, but is very difficult to enter.
Only in Moratuwa university Electronic Engineering is taught in SL.

Other than that Mechanical, Computer, Tele-Communication, Electrical all these fields have almost equal recognition & reputation. Most of these are only taught in Moratuwa university though some are taught in other two engineering faculties in SL; Peradeniya & Ruhunu universities.

Other than engineering, Quantity Surveying & Urban Planning (Town Planning) are two up coming fields that a Math student can apply for.

 

[heshan123]

hmmm gud wrk...
k mama IT paththen thama carrier eka patan ganna hituwe...m doin AL s dis year....but suddenly i wanted to chng ma idea....
mata dan maths stream eke tama yanna one.....bt i dun hv a idea f wat m gonna do....cn any 1 gv me a idea?

ok machan. IT is not everyones cup of tea. Dont do it for the sake of doing it. Machan umbata maths nam karanna one, A/Ls iwara karala Colombo, J'Pura or Wayamba wage uni ekaka Physical Science karapan. Machan mara opportunities thiyena pattak. Godak schols thiyenawa apply karanna puluwan. Mage yaluwo godak innawa maths karala USA giya PHD ekata. Good idea machan. Keep it up.

 

[kasuwa1235]

ya ya

 

[heshan123]

ok..now im following that BCS. its full time course in the Esoft and for the full time they offer some vendor certifications like VB. NET(MCSD), SCJP and CCNA. I select VB.NET and for additional CCNA.
I want to be a Web engineer but Im not good in programming. so im not interested in Software development but i like Networking also. Can you tell me what are the fields that currently available in the job market(IT). If I select my future carrier as a web developer can i go ahead and what are the additional qualifications which what i need?

if ur interested in Networking I think CCNA is the place to be. The .Net framework contains a module called ASP.net which is entirely for web engineering. Plus there are languages like PHP and JavaScripts that you might wanna learn. Those are interesting stuff. Plus machan these days there is a hype for JSP (Covered in SCJP upper levels) due to security reasons. So i recommenced you have a hand on that also.

Dont worry machan, once you get your hand on one programming languages in web, the rest is more or less the same.

There are quite alot of opportunities for a web development both outside and inside SL. Who knows u might even get the opportunity to join google oneday.

 

[DJ.Parker]

great thread!

well I put a thread sumtym ago asking abt HR field....n the response I got was that vacancies r limited in that field n its quite hard to get promotions......... may be any1 here can tell me more abt it?

 

[CoolCartoon]

great thread machan. really helpfull cuz ek have lot of members who nearly finishing their AL......thanx 4 opening this.

unfortunately i dont have much knowledge of these things cuz i wasnt in touch with SL education in long time.

machan except IT and commerce fields ( cima , cim... ) is nt there any paths to go students after A/L ????

 

[heshan123]

first of all, thanks for opening this thread

im doing my ALs this year and after that i hope to go on in the IT field.

but i dont know what to choose from these various degrees.

• Diploma in Information & Communications Technology
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing with specialisation in Software Engineering
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing with specialisation in Multimedia
• B.Sc (Hons) Computing with specialisation in Web Development
• B.Sc (Hons) E-Commerce
(APIIT website)

Im in the mood of trying anything in this. but the thing is i dont know what is the best and what gives me a good salary.

what are the areas that have more job opportunities?? and what additional qualification do i need??

if i do a business degree(marketing or somthing ) along with that, will it help me more?

Ok machan sorry for the delay. Man me tike poddak busy mokada exams kittui. So poddak thread ekath ekka touch eke indapan. Man kohoma hari answer karannam.

Meke thiyena hama degree ekatama godak honda opportunities thiyenawa machan. Eka hariyata science wala maths, physics, chemistry wage. Umba kamathi deyak karanna puluwan. Umba onama institute ekakata giyama introduction ekak denawa offer karana modules gana. Ethana poddak focus karala kamathi paththak select karapan. Dont worry wrong answer kiyala ekak na. Me okkoma sira. All are very well paid.

Habai machan umba E-Commerce wage karanawa nam, purely technical gihilla hari yanne na. Umba tikak management and marketing wage study karanna wenawa. Specially something like CIMA and CIM will help there. Computers and Management combination ekata godak job opportunities thiyenawa machan. So pls go ahead and do those. Puluwan udawwak thiyenawa nam dennam.

 

[heshan123]

Well machan I can not give u much details on this, but I can tell u this much.
If u are doing AL in Math & intending on entering to the computer field, there good options wating for u.
Starting from Computer Engineering in Moratuwa university which'll give u BSc. Eng. degree, but of course u won't be directly selected to this as first u have to face two exams (2 semester exams) & then have to score a high GPA & then u can select this field.
Then again in Moratuwa university u have B.IT which was introduced in very recent times & a 4 year course but to ur choice u can finish it & leave in the third year for a job. If u only want to do Honors. u can do the fourth year too.
Then again u have Computer Science degree ( I think software focused one), which Heshan ayiya is engaged in. U can get more info about this when comes back online.
There is also BIT, which u can either enter through AL examination or externally, again another 3 yr course.
More info about Computer Engineering & Moratuwa BSc..IT can be aacquired from Moratuwa university official site.

I'll give u more information about Moratuwa university IT programms.

Aniva machan. Me okkama sira degrees offered by Sri Lankan universities. If you can enter one of these, it will be great. But do not worry if you come down a little in your A/Ls and you have to do it from some place like APIIT. Its quite ok. There are several ways to get to the same destination.

 

[CoolCartoon]

Aniva machan. Me okkama sira degrees offered by Sri Lankan universities. If you can enter one of these, it will be great. But do not worry if you come down a little in your A/Ls and you have to do it from some place like APIIT. Its quite ok. There are several ways to get to the same destination.

as i know SLIIT is the only private institute which provinding sri lnkan degree, is nt it ???

 

[heshan123]

great thread!

well I put a thread sumtym ago asking abt HR field....n the response I got was that vacancies r limited in that field n its quite hard to get promotions......... may be any1 here can tell me more abt it?

ok, in my opinion HR is a great field. Just that it requires special skills from you to be a good HR manager. The thing is machan lot of Sri Lankans dont know how to talk, present themselves or behave in a working environment due to lack of soft skills. Oppose to us foreigners are quite good at this. So we find HR pretty difficult. Sri Lankans are really good at technical stuff but not human interaction.

So my advice to you is, dont be afraid of what others say about the field. This is a great field and since most of the Sri Lankans are not good at it, there is a good gap in the market. So go ahead and do it.

As far as i know IPM offers well recognized HR programs. See what you can gather from there.

 

[DJ.Parker]

ok, in my opinion HR is a great field. Just that it requires special skills from you to be a good HR manager. The thing is machan lot of Sri Lankans dont know how to talk, present themselves or behave in a working environment due to lack of soft skills. Oppose to us foreigners are quite good at this. So we find HR pretty difficult. Sri Lankans are really good at technical stuff but not human interaction.

So my advice to you is, dont be afraid of what others say about the field. This is a great field and since most of the Sri Lankans are not good at it, there is a good gap in the market. So go ahead and do it.

As far as i know IPM offers well recognized HR programs. See what you can gather from there.

is it available as an external degree in local uni's?(I guess its availabe for the internal degree)

 

[heshan123]

great thread machan. really helpfull cuz ek have lot of members who nearly finishing their AL......thanx 4 opening this.

unfortunately i dont have much knowledge of these things cuz i wasnt in touch with SL education in long time.

machan except IT and commerce fields ( cima , cim... ) is nt there any paths to go students after A/L ????

of course there is machan. As i said HR is a good place to start a good carrier. Plus I think Sri Lankan music is in for a good start now so you can do something related to that. And possible Cinema or Sports or something out of the ordinary. Im sure if you are talented there are always opportunities. So do not worry, just have faith.

I am no expert to help you on the areas I mentioned. But I am sure there are ppl at EK who can help you. So please wait for them.

 

[heshan123]

as i know SLIIT is the only private institute which provinding sri lnkan degree, is nt it ???

SLIIT is attached to the UGC machan so they are recognized as a uni(I think). I believe X-Pert was at SLIIT for sometime before he left to Aussie. Better PM him regarding this.

 

[rash87]

Aniva machan. Me okkama sira degrees offered by Sri Lankan universities. If you can enter one of these, it will be great. But do not worry if you come down a little in your A/Ls and you have to do it from some place like APIIT. Its quite ok. There are several ways to get to the same destination.

with some thing little called "MONEY"

Hey machan anyway, is it a Computer Hardware engineer or Software Engineer has the higer reputation in the field? Who is getting paid the highest salleries?

 

[heshan123]

is it available as an external degree in local uni's?(I guess its availabe for the internal degree)

Yep machan, Colombo uni and J'Pura uni has specialized HR degrees. Im not sure about Colombo but J'Pura surely offers somewhat the same degree externally. So to the websites and find out. Both these unis are pretty recognized.

 

[heshan123]

with some thing little called "MONEY"

Hey machan anyway, is it a Computer Hardware engineer or Software Engineer has the higer reputation in the field? Who is getting paid the highest salleries?

Inside SL machan I think its software. Simply coz we dont manufacture computer hardware in SL due to lack of technology. But outside SL they are pretty much the same.

 

[rash87]

great thread!

well I put a thread sumtym ago asking abt HR field....n the response I got was that vacancies r limited in that field n its quite hard to get promotions......... may be any1 here can tell me more abt it?

Well HR mangement is used in many fields. The latest trend is in Planning field. Especially in Physical Planning HR is major factor. In Jayawardenapura university there is a specific degree for this. Other than hat in Urban Planning & Quantity Surveying (both in Moratuwa university) lectures on this as a adjacent subject with the main.
HR fiels is quite broad, the knowledge acquired in HR can be put in to the use of any field, ranging from Engineering, Plannin, Politics etc. anything. It has become the steering wheel of all these fields.

 

[rash87]

Yep machan, Colombo uni and J'Pura uni has specialized HR degrees. Im not sure about Colombo but J'Pura surely offers somewhat the same degree externally. So to the websites and find out. Both these unis are pretty recognized.

Are both the degrees are same given from Colombo & J'Pura?