A Great Insight
Before I go on, just want to thank those of you who commented on my tagboard regarding my previous post. Yes, that includes you Mr Bear. I never really blogged much about arts camp even after it ended, as there were too many happenings and memories, some bitter most sweet. Therefore, I saw it better to leave those memories in my head. Guess those thoughts reflected in my previous post were just a small fraction of the sentiments I just so wanted to throw out at the time of posting.
Well that aside, I thought arts camp 08's first meeting yesterday was good. The so called direction was more or less set, and the turn out was good too. It was also nice to see some new faces, which brings about new and refreshing ideas. (Ok at this point of time I realised that I'm starting to sound like what my seniors used to sound like, and that also means making myself sound old.) It was also through the meeting yesterday that made me realise what a long way I have come with my committee, as I was glad that a few bold moves that my committee and I made have been seen and set as benchmarks to follow. Nice :)
I spent most of my time today at the CNM industry advisory council, and I kind of enjoyed it. For those who do not know what it is, lemme attempt to give a short explanation. As you know the CNM department is rather new, so it was initiated to have this council consisting of members in senior positions of many different companies in the cnm industry. and boy do i mean senior positions; CEOs, vice presidents, regional heads and so on. Similarly, i do mean big companies too like SIA, google, IDA, MDA, IBM, hill and knowlton, MIT labs etc. This council would annually review the relevance of the cnm course to the industry, and give their feedbacks and comments on how the course as a whole can be improved with the vast changes in society today. In addition, there would also be a day where they all come down to give their talks and answer our questions, and that is today.
Last year I attended this session honestly because there were some bonus points awarded for a module, but it turned out to be really interesting and relevant to me. I mean, these are my possible future employers I am listening too, and they were giving really good insights of what the working world is like, and were giving great suggestions on how we can better approach the challenges we would face after graduation. So this year, I made sure I attended all the two panel sessions, and also the lunch session. Didn't really manage to mingle around much at lunch, but I felt the panel discussions were really good.
To sum it up, the 3 most important things I took away from the talks (mind you there were more, but I'm just listing these 3):
Firstly, passion is important. Most of our resumes would most probably be more or less the same when we graduate, with some differences here in there in certain achievements, ccas and so on. But what really makes you stand out, is the passion. And keep in mind that passion is from within, so you can't really fake it out, as your employers will most probably see through it.
Secondly, communication is the key. No use getting good grades, and no use knowing so much when you cannot communicate the ideas. In today's world, communication is the key to anything and everything. So boy am I glad I am in this field.
Third and lastly, cherish your studying years. This came about when someone posed a question regarding whether or not we should stay an additional year for honours, and whether or not it would just be better to go out and gain the working experience. The panel unanimously agreed that the best time of your years, is most probably your school years, so if you can, stay for your honours year. Not necessary for a better paper or for a better pay, but for the experience. This may sound a little strange and illogical, but they did say you will soon realise why in the years to come.
Well, am looking forward to attending next year's session, especially when that will be the time I will be graduating soon. Oh and it was through today's session, that I realised something. The number of CNM majors is really growing, so much so that I didn't have a place to sit for the first panel session. Well, I can't really say about the second session, as many were actually 'forced' to attend, but overall it said much about how my major as a whole is growing. Good or bad? Depends on how you look at it.
Well that aside, I thought arts camp 08's first meeting yesterday was good. The so called direction was more or less set, and the turn out was good too. It was also nice to see some new faces, which brings about new and refreshing ideas. (Ok at this point of time I realised that I'm starting to sound like what my seniors used to sound like, and that also means making myself sound old.) It was also through the meeting yesterday that made me realise what a long way I have come with my committee, as I was glad that a few bold moves that my committee and I made have been seen and set as benchmarks to follow. Nice :)
I spent most of my time today at the CNM industry advisory council, and I kind of enjoyed it. For those who do not know what it is, lemme attempt to give a short explanation. As you know the CNM department is rather new, so it was initiated to have this council consisting of members in senior positions of many different companies in the cnm industry. and boy do i mean senior positions; CEOs, vice presidents, regional heads and so on. Similarly, i do mean big companies too like SIA, google, IDA, MDA, IBM, hill and knowlton, MIT labs etc. This council would annually review the relevance of the cnm course to the industry, and give their feedbacks and comments on how the course as a whole can be improved with the vast changes in society today. In addition, there would also be a day where they all come down to give their talks and answer our questions, and that is today.
Last year I attended this session honestly because there were some bonus points awarded for a module, but it turned out to be really interesting and relevant to me. I mean, these are my possible future employers I am listening too, and they were giving really good insights of what the working world is like, and were giving great suggestions on how we can better approach the challenges we would face after graduation. So this year, I made sure I attended all the two panel sessions, and also the lunch session. Didn't really manage to mingle around much at lunch, but I felt the panel discussions were really good.
To sum it up, the 3 most important things I took away from the talks (mind you there were more, but I'm just listing these 3):
Firstly, passion is important. Most of our resumes would most probably be more or less the same when we graduate, with some differences here in there in certain achievements, ccas and so on. But what really makes you stand out, is the passion. And keep in mind that passion is from within, so you can't really fake it out, as your employers will most probably see through it.
Secondly, communication is the key. No use getting good grades, and no use knowing so much when you cannot communicate the ideas. In today's world, communication is the key to anything and everything. So boy am I glad I am in this field.
Third and lastly, cherish your studying years. This came about when someone posed a question regarding whether or not we should stay an additional year for honours, and whether or not it would just be better to go out and gain the working experience. The panel unanimously agreed that the best time of your years, is most probably your school years, so if you can, stay for your honours year. Not necessary for a better paper or for a better pay, but for the experience. This may sound a little strange and illogical, but they did say you will soon realise why in the years to come.
Well, am looking forward to attending next year's session, especially when that will be the time I will be graduating soon. Oh and it was through today's session, that I realised something. The number of CNM majors is really growing, so much so that I didn't have a place to sit for the first panel session. Well, I can't really say about the second session, as many were actually 'forced' to attend, but overall it said much about how my major as a whole is growing. Good or bad? Depends on how you look at it.
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