IT for Idiots

Don’t know what www stands for? When someone says ‘just drop me an email’ do your palms begin to sweat? Fear not…there is hope for the hopeless! With plenty of beginner courses there’s no excuse for not knowing your Word from your Excel…

Aside from potential public humiliation there are other reasons why computing classes would be the smart option. Enrolment in computer courses is falling; forcing companies to source employees from abroad in the hopes of filling the variety of jobs available such as software engineers, computer analysts and programmers, etc.

A big reason for this discrepancy is that most computing careers require qualifications; rather than providing training. Returning to full-time college may not be a choice that you can opt for but this does not necessarily spell the end to your dream of being the next Bill Gates (he’s pretty much retired so the spot’s open). There are any number of IT beginner courses available; so why not give up one evening a week; ask for the Lost box-set as a birthday pressie and get yourself to the closest college providing IT classes? Check out the Northern Ireland Education Database for a course near you...

So now you know why and where you should become a computer whiz; the rest is up to you! Good luck and remember; ‘Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.’
   
 - Henry Drummond (He was a Minister AND a scientist; i.e. knew what he was on about).