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In the short time since my graduation from High-Tech Institute I have had great success in my career. In the past year and a half I have realized how much real life training and information HTI gives to each student. Since then I have worked on a wide variety of Architectural and Urban Planning projects. While working in Omaha, Nebraska I realized how much HTI trained me in AutoCad and other technical areas. Even though I was far younger than anyone in my office I noticed that my technical knowledge of the software was far higher than anyone with a typical four-year architectural degree or a technical degree from another school. My company found my additional knowledge in Menus and Macros invaluable. And with my knowledge of 3D modeling and Animation, I was able to help take the company to a higher level in presentational graphics.
I am now presently in New York City, and continue to realize how much HTI trained me not in just the technical aspect of computers, but in Architectural documentation. I also have discovered how HTI even seems to surpass the highest institutions in the country in how to properly assemble construction documents. At my previous position I had the pleasure of working under a man who had a degree from Harvard. While his knowledge of design and architectural history far surpassed what I had learned at HTI, I noticed he was not trained on how to put together a full set of construction drawings. He had also expressed how well my knowledge was in this, and how he had had such little training in how to assemble construction documents. In many other cases I have learned how HTI seems to surpass most other institutes of higher learning in teaching the skills needed to work and function in the field of Architecture.
I recommend HTI for anyone who wishes to jumpstart his or her career in Architecture.
Nathaniel Bettini
I first realized I wanted to work in the Drafting field when I took a course in Engineering Drawings in high school. Once I graduated, I moved to Phoenix where I attended High-Tech Institute for 15 months and earned a Associate of Occupational Studies Degree in Architectural Drafting/CAD Technology.
Upon graduation, I was hired as a CAD operator for RBF Consulting in Walnut Creek, CA, about thirty minutes outside of San Francisco. RBF is a Civil Engineering firm that was started 55 years ago in Southern California. The company now has offices all over California, as well as in Nevada and Arizona.
I landed a great career position with a well-established firm and am looking forward to a bright future. My commitment to education has really paid off!
Ryan Figueroa
This letter is regarding the quality of High-Tech Institute and its staff.
My name is John Tesdal, and I am a graduate from HTI. I am in the electromechanical drafting field working with Associated Construction Engineering, a company in Billings, Montana.
I live in a condo, drive a sports car and believe it or not, have extra cash to do with as I please. I have High-Tech and its staff to thank for all of this. Before I schooled at HTI, I was living at home (sponging off my parents), not knowing what tomorrow would bring. Now I know that tomorrow, I will be working with a secure future.
As I said before, I have HTI to thank for this. If you are a HTI student, or are thinking of becoming one, you have made the best decision of your life; and if you haven�t made that decision yet, think about it hard. HTI can�t guarantee you�ll be driving a sports car or living in a condo, but what they can guarantee is the best quality education in the drafting field.
John A Tesdel
I was honored to receive a phone call from High-Tech informing me that I was in the running for being inducted into the High-Tech Hall of Fame. So let me take a minute to look back on the road I have traveled in the past five years.
In May of 1995 I graduated from Brownfield High School in West Texas. In June of 1995 I loaded up my car and headed out west to Phoenix, Arizona to start school in July. I have to admit it was a huge change from the small town lifestyle I had enjoyed up to that point. Now I was 700 miles from home and from anyone and everything I knew. I was in the electrical/mechanical-drafting program. I attended class from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm and worked at Motorola as a security guard from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. So, to say the least, I held a very busy schedule, but I knew that in a year it would all pay off. While in school I held perfect attendance all year long and held a 4.0 GPA. I really enjoyed my year at High-Tech and learned so much.
Around the first of July 1996 school was starting to rap-up and we were all beginning to decide where we were going to go to work. I spent a few hours in the job placement office where I found a few openings in the Dallas area. So I got my resume ready and I sent them out the last week in July. It was less then a week from the time I sent out my resumes that I received a call from a company in Dallas. They were very interested in me and wanted to set up an interview.
I had an interview with Cisco-Eagle, Inc., a material handling design group in the Dallas area, the first week in August. After two interviews with Cisco-Eagle I was hired on as a CAD Technician on August 16, 1996 (just two weeks after I graduated High-Tech). From the time I started in the system & design group at Cisco-Eagle, I started receiving great praise for the skills and leadership that I displayed. I began my employment laying out simple material handling equipment and creating fabrication drawings. Soon I was put on more and more demanding projects.
In May of 1997 I was promoted to Senior CAD Technician in the Cisco-Eagle System & Design Group. While in this position I was responsible for the designed and layout of multi-million dollar conveyor and rack systems for companies such as Frito-Lay, GTE, Motorola, and many more companies.
In December of 1998 I received another promotion to the Manager of the CAD department. While in this role I oversaw eight CAD Technicians. I acted as liaison between the sales department and system and design team, delegated work loads according to ability/priority, acted as human resource manager for the design team, assisted with any questions or problems on a job and mediated between vender and the system and design team. I held this position until May 16th 1999 upon when I was promoted to Project Coordinator. As Project Coordinator I was responsible for the final design work, ordering of equipment, coordinating the complete installation of projects and traveling to job sites.
While at Cisco-Eagle I was also on many team projects. For example, I headed up a team that created the standards for the Engineering group and I was on a team that designed the company web page. In addition, I served as the MIS Assistant for Cisco-Eagle for two years, in which I provided software support, troubleshot computers, maintained printers and plotters and attended regular computer troubleshooting classes. In September of 1999 a representative approached me from The Buschman Company (the #2 conveyor company in the world). They were interested in me and wanted me to become a part of their team. On October 25, 1999 I terminated my employment with Cisco-Eagle to pursue a position as System Engineer for The Buschman Company.
I started with The Buschman Company in October 1999. My time was spent on the design and layout of multi-million dollar conveyor systems. I only worked for Buschman for six months, the company was bought out by a UK Company and they closed down all the field offices. When the word got out that I was back on the market my phone rang and it was the owner of a company that is a heads up competitor of Cisco-Eagle (my first employer). He told me he had a vision and wanted to open a Dallas office of his company that is based out of Cabot, AR. He informed me that he needed someone to head up the engineering department for the office.
So, on June 16th 2000, I went to work for Automated Industrial Systems, Inc. of Texas. Here at my new company I hold the position of Manager of Engineering. I am overseeing the day-to-day operations of the proposal writing, order entry, project engineering and everything else that goes on in the engineering department. I am also wearing the hat of the "company computer man".
Over the past four years since I have graduated from High-Tech I have received six promotions, I have seen my salary triple and my respect in the industry has grown by leaps and bounds. If I lost my job tomorrow, I know of four places that would hire me in a heartbeat. To me, that is what I call job security. I really feel that the things I learned while at High-Tech are going to propel me even further in this wonderful career.
.. well, as you can see, I have come a long way since I left that small West Texas town and headed out to High-Tech. To say the least, I owe a lot of my success to High-Tech and it�s wonderful staff.
Bryan Gauger
I would like to thank you for your hand in helping me find a job in the Drafting Community.
As you know I work at "The Engineering Group, Inc" in Scottsdale, Arizona, and you already know that I started working there about a month before graduation. What you might not know is that, since I started there 5 1/2 months ago, I have already received two bonuses and a pay raise!
At "The Engineering Group", I am a CAD operator for Electrical Designers. This company is small, so I work directly with the president of the company. This is the experience I have always wanted.
Thanks to the instructors that made it a pleasure to learn, and the graduate placement staff who helped me in search of my drafting job! I have become what I had only thought of being, a CAD operator!
Michele Worthy
I recently had the opportunity to interview a number of AutoCad applicants for immediate employment. Not only did I want to thank you for you assistance in referring several persons to us, I was very impressed by them (and recent events outside my office) and wanted to write to you about what I consider to be a very superior program based on the overall quality of your graduates I have met.
While doing my homework in researching the best source for applicants, I made a point of asking each of the AutoCad operators that I came in contact with, at the various offices of clients we work with, regarding their background and training. It is no coincidence that every single person that I was impressed by was a High-Tech Institute graduate!
Keep up the good work!
Kunka Engineering, Inc.
I would like to personally thank the faculty and staff of High-Tech Institute. As a student from a small East Texas town, I was very intimidated in Phoenix. With the help of the wonderful teachers at High-Tech, I have come away with a very broad understanding of the architectural drafting field. When I began at High-Tech, I did not have any experience in the subjects you offered, but with the hands-on approach that you presented I was able to learn and appreciate the information taught. The uniqueness of the set-up of the school, with half the day in manual drafting and the other half in computer aided drafting is an excellent way to introduce the students to the material.
The firm I work for has four registered architects and currently works on a variety of different projects, such as educational facilities, religious facilities, historical parks and facilities, detention facilities and even the local zoo! I have been introduced to many forms of architectural drafting. The lessons I have learned at High-Tech with multiple teachers is invaluable. Each architect has a certain way that he wants his drawings set-up and done.
As far as my time at High-Tech, it was a fast-paced and exciting time and have already put in long hours working on projects, I have come to appreciate the lessons during that time. I would recommend High-Tech to anyone that wants an excellent education with realistic approach to the field of architecture.
Anthony Eaton
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