adasgupta11
9/1/2015 14:48 EST
Dear Panamian Expats,
I am likely to move on to Panama soon on pensonado visa from USA.
I am an electrical engineering graduate and a computer science graduate. I have been working in USA and Canada as an IT professional for over 20 years.
My skill sets are as below,
• Languages – C, Pro*C, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, XML, UNIX shell scripts, Visual Basic.
• Operating Systems - NT, UNIX (Sun Solaris, AIX, HP-UX), Windows, Vax/VMS-11/780, DOS, XP.
• Databases - Oracle 11g, Foxpro, Great Plains, MS Access.
• Applications - Oracle Forms/Report Designer 6i/9i, Batch Schedulers - APPWORKS 7.0, MAESTRO, CA-Unicenter Workload, Control-M,
Version Control - PVCS 6.5,
Project Planning/ Presentation/ Documentation - MS Project, Visio Professional, MS WORD/ EXCEL, Power Point,
Testing Tools - Mercury Quality Center, Quick Test Pro (QTP), Database Query Tools – Toad, Database Tuning tool – TK Prof, explain plan etc.
• Reporting Tool – Crystal Report, Oracle report.
My questions are as below for anyone can give me some light,
1. If I can open a class room for teaching and guiding panamian boys and girls to be equipped with IT knowledge.
2. Which city would be the best suitable for a tangible output.
3. Do Panamian kids or adults have an opt for going into high tech world?
Will appreciate answers, thanks
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Inpanama
9/1/2015 15:27 EST
You need to contact a good attorney to discuss labor laws in Panama - it is difficult for a non-Panamanian to start and operate a business here. There are very specific guidelines you must follow regarding employment. You will also need to be fluent in Spanish, especially outside of Panama City. This is a Spanish speaking country, and many do not speak English.
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adasgupta11
9/1/2015 15:37 EST
Dis get reply to my questions or it is not clear to me. I know those that you said. Thanks and appreciated
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panamajames
9/1/2015 16:07 EST
You should learn a bit more English first. Hook up with a University or school of some sort in Panama City. Out in the country the Panamanian boys and girls live in the jungle and don't have electricity. Perhaps you can show them how to go hi tech in their villages.
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Travelocity
9/1/2015 17:55 EST
I think there is possibility...panama has lack of talent in that field. I think a professor in that field would be helpful. not sure if universities need one, if there is demand sometimes stuff is too new but can break barriers. I believe you speak English well in order to know how to code (from what i know not sure if panamajames is right on that one saying that you need to speak more english).
I think your best option would be panama city or perhaps david, which is the next big city.
panama has a lot of scholarship programs, sometimes kids win scholarships to learn stuff and come back to panama to apply it b/c there are no careers here in their universities. call the different universities. or perhaps get a hold of Indian embassy in panama and do some digging around or maybe they can do digging around for you?. embassies love to have ties and embrace doing contributions to the communities.
have thought about teaching online?
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panamajames
9/1/2015 18:03 EST
When I see English like the above, written like this...........................
"Dis get reply to my questions or it is not clear to me. I know those that you said. Thanks and appreciated" .................It tells me that their English needs a little work............
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Travelocity
9/1/2015 18:11 EST
now I know what panamajames was talking about...yes, maybe his English is not that good to teach, but knows enough for coding.... if you want to brush up on your skills, duolingo.com is free to learn many languages, English being one of them.
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adasgupta11
9/1/2015 22:51 EST
Pundit Panamajames,
I did not want you to intervene into this, since I have an experience of you before also that you think yourself a GREAT EXPAT AND GURU IN ALL SUBJECTS. SORRY ABOUT YOU!!!!
For your note, I am citizen of 4 countries - India, USA, Canada and Panama.
You should have some idea how to decipher typos. Learn how to do that first and then air your comment. RIDICULOUS!
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newbietopanama
9/2/2015 01:06 EST
Adasgupta :
firstly, congrats on making the move to Panama. Hope it works out well for you.
Secondly, there is indeed a demand for IT skills in Panama. With your advanced skill-set, you stand a very good chance of being able to set-up some form of study-group and/or classrooms, to teach kids. (I assume your target group is children, not adults).
Like you, I'm a professional software developer (been in the field 17 years); and, also like you, I'm moving to Panama soon. But, my situation is a bit different, as I'll be working remotely; hence, I haven't really researched the "starting-a-business" aspects, because I don't need it.
But, from what I've gleaned so far............the hunger for I.T. in Panama is growing fast, especially among the younger generation. So, you should give it a go.
As to the "location"...........it might be best if you started out in Panama City first, before considering the outer regions of the country.
And, as for the language : you do need to learn some Spanish. It's vital, if you plan on settling down in Panama. However, in my opinion, English is not that vital; I.T. is a field which has a language all of its own. I should know :=))))) You do need Spanish to be able to communicate with your potential students/pupils. But, the I.T. lexicon itself will take care of the rest. )))
Wish you the best of luck.
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adasgupta11
9/2/2015 01:17 EST
Pundit Panamajames,
You boast of your English. I Wonder if have ever opportunity to read- Shakespear, Milton, Karl Marx, or Ravindranath Tagore, Nelosn Mandela
or Martin Luthar King, if you did not have a chance to read them then I would think you are a high school dropped out American or Candaian army/navy/air force. Do you have a zealous personalty, anyways?
I would suggest you to make your horizon of knowledge a little more wider to see the world in its meaningful angle and realize what others' message is. Please DO NOT poke your nose every single thing you do not know about, as you do always. Please restrain your fingers from typing anything and everything on the key board.
PLEASE READ MY NOTES BELOW AND ACT ACCORDING - my suggestion,
I did not want you to intervene into this, since I have a past experience of you that you think yourself a GREAT EXPAT AND GURU IN ENGLISH. SORRY ABOUT YOU!!!!
For your note, I am citizen of 4 countries - India, USA, Canada and Panama. i BELIEVE YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THAT OF IN YOUR LIFE TIME.
You should have some idea however how to decipher typos. Learn how to do that first and then air your comment. Please check others' answers to my question in this forum and also learn from them how to answer question. Sorry again, you started this nasty CHAIN and pulled my legs in.
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capforfun
9/2/2015 08:12 EST
Just my thought but in the technical fields like IT your core skills and the ability to teach them are of paramount importance not how perfectly you might speak English or Spanish.
I remember a couple of years ago our son who was attending a major US university told us about a Calculus teacher he had who he loved. She was from China and spoke terrible english but was a great Calculus teacher
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JonCates
9/2/2015 10:08 EST
PJ. THIS ONE'S FOR U
HEH GUPTA. LIVED N ASIA FOR
13 YEARS. Ive VISITED MORE CITIES
N INDIA THAN U
FAV CHINESE JOKE
WHO DO U SHOOT FIRST
THE COBRA R THE INDIAN
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PanamaJackie
9/2/2015 10:20 EST
YOu should contact the City of Knowledge in Panama City
http://ciudaddelsaber.org/en
They have a variety of IT training programs
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augieman
9/2/2015 10:47 EST
A couple years ago at a major university my son had a statictics class taught by a world renowned prof whose english was so poor no one learned except through the teaching assistant, who was overwhelmed.
My experience then is different from yours, and both are anecdotal, meaning our personal experiences are of little value to a solid study of whether students learn better with a native speaker,or not.Our experiences might prove to me 'outliers.'
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Panama2017
9/2/2015 11:12 EST
It seems that some of you are missing adasgupta11's point. English skills are not an issue, but rather typos in one post.
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adasgupta11
9/3/2015 01:22 EST
JonCates,
In 13 years you have visited how many cities of India? I guess the number is much thiner than who was born and lived for most part of life in India.
Cobra has fluid venom but Indian has language venom which one is better for you? India has 26 official languages. Taking dialects it has 1000+. Think twice or thrice before messing around with Indian, it is lot easier to deal with cobra.
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tjo50511
9/3/2015 20:48 EST
What I find curious is the poster says he is already a citizen of Panama (as well as the US, Canada & India) but is likely to move to Panama on a Pensionado Visa. If he is a citizen why would he need a visa?
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