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B.S. in Database, Networking, or Programming

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Originally posted by: Ameesh
Originally posted by: maddmaxx
It's through Kaplan College .
So are you guys suggesting that I may not want to go that route? It's quite expensive even with grants and such, so I would rather not spend the money if it's not going to get me anywhere.
I'm just a working father trying to get on a road to a more stable financial situation 🙂


Thanks for all the input!

peace

if you want to get a degree get a B.S. in COmputer Science, no information science, no MIS , ISS, IT, blah blah

just a B.S. Computer Science, most employers look for it specifically.

good luck with your pursuits, its great that you have the drive to go get a degree after putting school behind you for a long time.

That depends on what you want to do. MIS/IT degrees work just fine thank you. I just interviewed last night for a NOC position installing FreeBSD and Linux boxes for a hosting provider, doing level 1 support, and doing basic router and vlan configs. I graduate with BS in Business, MIS concentration in August. To be fair, I also have an Assciates in Unix Admin. They offered me the job on the spot after I did some sample installs/configs for them, but I am waiting to finish other interviews this week before I decide which job to take.

Computer Science will teach you lots of programming skills if you want to go into software development. Though I know people who are self-taught that make good money programming also.

If you want to admin or support, computer science really isn't going to help you much other than teaching you to think analytically. The admin I interviewed with last night asked about my programming skills and admitted he doesn't know a thing about programming other than scripting languages.

Also, if you want to go Systems Analyst route, MIS is a solid degree. Average MIS grad in US makes about 50-55k starting, depending of course on local area and cost of living. I see more and more systems analyst positions advertised.

You should probably get a basic tech job and figure out what you want to do before you spend the money. My suggestion is go to a regular state college and save your money on expensive private institutions. In the long run, unless you graduate from a place like MIT, it's not going to make a big difference.
 
if i was in college right now, i would concentrate on database. we always are adding more servers with new databases
 
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