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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Mohammad El-Abid
[mailto:elabidster@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'rmd@newmicros.com'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [DPRG] Robotics Universities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993366'>No
I’m going 3 ½ - 4 years early not 3 ½ - 4 years away. Either the nest
year or the second semester (if I can) next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Randy M. Dumse
[mailto:rmd@newmicros.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Mohammad El-Abid'; dprglist@dprg.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Brian Huff<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [DPRG] Robotics Universities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>Ah, so you're some years away from College.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>Okay, you will probably not find a company that will hire you and
put you through an undergraduate degree. For a higher paid position which will
have actually have benefits, like educational support, rather than just an
hourly task, you'll have to already have a degree. If you start working right
out of highschool, the job you get will be menial and probably consume you. It
is really hard to get a 4 year degree in 8 years of working 40+ hours and going
to school. Frankly, the vast majority who try, don't make it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>So the highest probability of success is going to get a degree first.
If you can do that, then the company who hires you may help you get a Masters
(~2 years in school, which will again take 2x or 3x times longer than if you
just stayed). Or even a PhD, (another ~2 years in school, which will again
take 3x or 4x times longer than if you just stayed). Again, many people may
start into that pipe. Very few people come out of it. Kids, Houses, Mortgages,
Cars, Hospital bills, even telephone bills, utilities and dogs and cats, have a
way of getting in the way. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'>Now the reaon to stay in state is a financial one. Basically, it
will cost 2x or more to go out of state. Or more. Even MUCH more. To go to the
good schools, you'll need good grades. You don't get to go to any school you
want. You only get to go to the schools that will take you. They look at how
good you did in High School, and make their predictions on how well you will do
at theirs. Your best schools, say like MIT or Stanford, etc., are going to set
you back about $40K a year. (Minimum wage works out to be around $12K a year.
Most high school grades who do really well can expect only about $20K a year in
a first job. So maybe you can see why the idea a company would even consider
paying 2x a guys salary in school benefits would seem outrageous to them.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:blue'>HTH's</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:blue'>Randy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma'> dprglist-bounces@dprg.org [mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Mohammad El-Abid<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> rmd@newmicros.com; dprglist@dprg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [DPRG] Robotics Universities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I
don’t really care about location I’m going many years in advance so
I don’t think that will be a problem, especially if I find a good company
that has the program where they pay for collage if you come work for them,
I’m just not sure they let you chose, but then again if you got someone
that is going 3 ½ - 4 years yearly you might do a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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