Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-31 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Antony, On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:53:41 +0300 Antony Gelberg wrote: > (I hope this isn't so off-topic as to cause offence.) > > I'm an computer scientist and oleh chadash , just finished ulpan bet > plus. 15 years experience in the field, 1.5 years in Israel, was CTO > of a startup last year,

OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-28 Thread Tom Balazs
Gvahim is a great resource for all new immigrants, especially those with a technical background or advanced degrees. https://gvahim.org.il/ Maybe they can give you some appropriate guidance. Haaretz article "New high-tech initiative in Israel seeks to combine business with Zionism" http://english.

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-28 Thread sammy ominsky
On 28/07/2011, at 07:25, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: > Studying while working is a bad idea usually (if you can afford not to). The > context switches are a waste of time. A big one. The exception is that a > student with no experience has a hard time finding a job. But since you have > already w

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-28 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > 2011/7/28 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda > >> >> In addition, it is usually frowned upon by both employers and academy. >> > > Quoting my conversation with the head of applied math department in TAU: > > - Is it possible to learn here during full

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-28 Thread Elazar Leibovich
2011/7/28 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda > > In addition, it is usually frowned upon by both employers and academy. > Quoting my conversation with the head of applied math department in TAU: - Is it possible to learn here during full time job? - Most of our students here are studying while working. So

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-28 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
2011/7/27 Oleg Goldshmidt > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Antony Gelberg > wrote: > >> (I hope this isn't so off-topic as to cause offence.) >> >> I'm an computer scientist and oleh chadash , just finished ulpan bet >> plus. 15 years experience in the field, 1.5 years in Israel, was CTO

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-28 Thread Jonathan Ben Avraham
Antony Gelberg wrote: Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:09:16 +0300 From: Antony Gelberg To: Jonathan Ben Avraham Cc: Linux-IL Subject: Re: OT: Postgraduate studies How I bill myself is a whole other can of worms, and has been for years. I don't have a snappy title. I merely have a CS BSc, so t

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-28 Thread Antony Gelberg
> > Now as for employers, most want you to work overtime for a few years and > then they are more generous about letting you study part-time. > > Regards, > >  - yba > > > > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antony Gelberg wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:53:41 +0

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-27 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Antony Gelberg wrote: > (I hope this isn't so off-topic as to cause offence.) > > I'm an computer scientist and oleh chadash , just finished ulpan bet > plus. 15 years experience in the field, 1.5 years in Israel, was CTO > of a startup last year, this year I've b

Re: OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-27 Thread Jonathan Ben Avraham
ate: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:53:41 +0300 From: Antony Gelberg To: Linux-IL Subject: OT: Postgraduate studies (I hope this isn't so off-topic as to cause offence.) I'm an computer scientist and oleh chadash , just finished ulpan bet plus. 15 years experience in the field, 1.5 years in Isra

OT: Postgraduate studies

2011-07-27 Thread Antony Gelberg
(I hope this isn't so off-topic as to cause offence.) I'm an computer scientist and oleh chadash , just finished ulpan bet plus. 15 years experience in the field, 1.5 years in Israel, was CTO of a startup last year, this year I've been mostly studying Hebrew. So now it's time to polish off my CV