Haha! Without Computer Institute, I would be sitting here reading about successes instead of living them.  Thank you. 

The network is small, about 45 nodes but it is an NT 4.0 network, with all the duties and responsibilities that go with keeping a network green and growing.  I'm lucky enough to get a 3 week turnover with the outgoing administrator.  When I finally get myself established there, I will send you my work e-mail address."

My special thanks also goes to Mr. Roughani who gave me this vision about information technology and various security aspects which surrounds it.  His extensive knowledge and experience with computers and specifically NT was evident throughout the discussions during the course.  He shared some technical notes that I have not been able to find in any reference material.  He is really good at what he does and he is an asset for CI.  I wish the students at CI take full advantage of his skills.  It really amazes me when I look at graduates from CI and the extent of their expertise compared to some of the other engineers graduating from other local schools.  At the end, please convey my thanks to all administrative staff and keep up the good work.  God bless you and thank you again."

Update on 2/99: Hi!  Everything is great and busy!  I'm consulting IBM, ORACLE and many other people, both known and not known companies!   They're located in HongKong, Canada, Germany, California, etc.  I've also done such a good job helping one programming manager, whose problem was life/death situation, and I walked him through every step perfectly.  He wanted to commend me by writing directly to the CEO and my manager, which he later did and boy was I proud!  My manager said that I should keep a copy for future reference as well!  Everybody congratulated me!  I'm usually successful but not everybody you help takes the time to do something nice like that.  Besides that, I've run the show alone in the office quite several times with everything hanging on my "expertise."  I'm doing the Intranet Web pages, revising the technical FAQ's for main website, burning our software CD's etc, so I'm quite busy!  Regards.  MB

Finally I have been employed by IPC Technical Services in Gaithersburg.  I will be working in a government building on 17th Street N.W. and will start on Tuesday, the 16th of Feb 1999.  The salary is very good, and much better than I could have dreamed making by being a carpenter or mechanic.

Anyhow, pass on to all students.  I have taken several of the exams more than once.  Now, I have A+, NT Workstation and NT Server .  I am still studying for the other 4 exams.  Tell everyone do not give up.  It is important to have at least ONE computer to practice.  If at all possible have two.  It makes learning and reinforcing of skills much quicker.  As I have only been doing this for 18 months, that is great.  So thanks again to all at Computer Institute."

Taking coursework at Computer Institute was instrumental in changing my luck. I had been out of the computer field for five years, and didn't find it easy to get a job until I took classes at Computer Institute to update my skills. Additionally, please give my regards to Professor Lansky. His ability to share his obviously sound knowledge about current database technology is something special. He really helped me both to gain current knowledge to improve my programming skills, and to gain confidence to follow through on my desire to re-enter the computer technology field. I was truly delighted after two weeks of work at AMTI when I found out that my new officemate had taken coursework at Computer Institute. She and I are both proud to have been associated with this training institute."