college or new windows server?

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: pcthuglife
wow a 6 month trial? I 'll have to look into that.

Is this a serious question?

Yeah actually. One of the problems is colleges require you to take a lot of prerequisites before you can even take a useful course. Intro to Databases before a SQL course, Intro to Programming before C or C++, etc, etc.

If I wanted to apply for a job as a network administator there's a 99% chance they'll want someone Windows Server experience. There's a much lower chance they'll actually require an the applicant to have an Associates Degree.

When I was interviewing a new tech guy for the company I work for, I interviewed 3 people with BS degrees, and one person with a lot of hands on experience and no degree. We hired the person with the hands on experience because he had all the right answers and you could tell that he really knew what he was talking about.

Intro to programming is beginner programming in C or C++

 

[pcthuglife]

Are you going to set up permissions in Active Directory for your cat?

What difference does it make? If I can set up permissions for my cat then I can setup permissions for my coworkers right?

Intro to programming is beginner programming in C or C++

CINS 111 is a lecture course. No actual programming during, just lectures, flow charts, and a big waste of time IMO.

I'm surprised the reponses have been so one sided. As an employer if I had to choose between someone with an Associates or someone with hands-on experience I would choose the latter.

I've been putting a lot of thought into it and the main reason I'm going back to school now is just in case I want to change careers later on down the road. It would be nice to have at least an associates with all of the general requirements out of the way. That way if I do want to try something new I could just focus on the classes I need to get a BA or BS.

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: pcthuglife

Are you going to set up permissions in Active Directory for your cat?

What difference does it make? If I can set up permissions for my cat then I can setup permissions for my coworkers right?

Intro to programming is beginner programming in C or C++

CINS 111 is a lecture course. No actual programming during, just lectures, flow charts, and a big waste of time IMO.

I'm surprised the reponses have been so one sided. As an employer if I had to choose between someone with an Associates or someone with hands-on experience I would choose the latter.

I've been putting a lot of thought into it and the main reason I'm going back to school now is just in case I want to change careers later on down the road. It would be nice to have at least an associates with all of the general requirements out of the way. That way if I do want to try something new I could just focus on the classes I need to get a BA or BS.

You also have to consider that some potential employers won't even look at your application if you don't have a degree or consider you for promotion above a certain level later on.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Not even a question to think about, college all the way. It will be with you waaayyy after that machine takes a dump

 

[GhettoFob]

college

 

[suse920]

school