Quote (own-legendz @ Oct 24 2012 06:52am)
Ok, I am going give you my opinion and this is based on a good ol' community college education lol. (which in all reality was a very good program) I started off going for my associates in computer information sciences (CIS), took Operating Systems I and II, LOTS of Math classes, all the core reading and writing (technical writing is a bitch), then intro to programming, programming, and advance programming, and other classes as well but we'll skip all that.. Basically after talking with professors and advisors, and thinking hard on it, I decided to switch major to Computer Network Engineer, as almost all programming jobs are outsourced to India and China.. Networking will always be in demand because of the manual labor and hands on aspect of it.. it cannot be outsourced, so for job stability i went in that direction and every siongle one of my credits transferred to my new major.. I really enojoyed networking a lot. I have not graduated yet, b/c earlier this year I recieved a job offer working for a VERY reputable bank at their core data center as an engineer. It pays really well *(especially considering a loit of my friends have degrees and cannot find a job) and the work we do is more or less all hands on physical work. I think networking is your best option for job options and stability.. A lot of web design classes are bullshit, and as i stated programming is outsourced.. Hope you found this somewhat helpful and if I sound like im rambling on I apologize ive been working overnight with only 2 hours sleep and I am TIRRED!!!!
thx ! found it very helpful. i would rather be doing hands on things aswell. i know the college offers certifications in things like cisco, comp tia, microsoft office specialst, and java se programming. any idea on the options that would be open to me with those sort of certifications?