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Archives for November, 2009

SetFocus Alumni Testimonial: Sung Kim

  "I would like to begin by complementing your program and the results it provide. The staff is extremely knowledgable and work hard. I can say that I am happy I was working in another job that didn't involve .NET so I could find this place and not be stuck in a career path in Java or C or making circuits. I ...read full article»

The Ah-Ha Moment: The Best Part of a Day at Setfocus

Jimmy Robertson is a .NET Developer and Project Support TA on the Instruction and Development team with SetFocus. He discusses how much he enjoys teaching SetFocus students and experiencing the "Ah-Ha Moments".

SetFocus Alumni Speak: Chris Lukose

SetFocus Alumni have offered their honest opinions and descriptions of the SetFocus Master's Program experience. They speak about their fears, reservations, goals, expectations, and overall impression. Take a listen to what Chris Lukose has to say. If you want to listen to more of what SetFocus alumni, staff and supporters have to say,  be sure to out the SetFocus YouTube channel. ...read full article»

SetFocus Alumni Testimonial: Jonathan Bahnick

"As for the program itself, the experience I gained has helped to pave the way for my entire career. I am on my second job since graduating from the .NET Master's Program and love what I am doing. I am in an awesome work environment and actually working on applications that help other make a difference in peoples lives. So ...read full article»

Market driven curriculum changes to the .NET Masters Program

At SetFocus, we constantly strive to keep our Masters Program curriculum as market-driven as possible to ensure that our graduates have a competitive edge in the job market. We have received some significant feedback from our hiring partners in the Advisory Board regarding industry adoption of LINQ for enterprise applications and hence the balance of ADO.NET vs LINQ material covered ...read full article»

IT Market vs. the General Market for Jobs

In the last month, we have seen a number of statistics and other bits of info which suggests that the IT job market is fairing much better than the general market. Recently, Mark Cenedella the CEO of Ladders.com said over the last quarter, the unemployment rate white collar workers with college degrees went from 5.5% to 4.7% while the total ...read full article»

SetFocus Announces October Placement Success for 39 Master’s Program Candidates

SetFocus is in the news! Thirty-nine SetFocus candidates found employment in October -- more than a hire a day. SetFocus announced that thirty-nine candidates of the .NET, SQL Server and Business Intelligence Master’s Programs were hired in positions as Software Developer, Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Developer, Senior Software Engineer, Junior .Net Developer and DBA during the month of October. Despite unemployment being close ...read full article»