So I am stuck with my AA degree

[ViviTheMage]

I am getting my AA in computer technology because I dont have the money for transferring to a 4 year school -- or the will right now. maybe later ill finish it.

Long story short, my brain hurts and I am sick of school, so I am just getting my 2 year and will start job hunting. I have an IT job now, but its only 12.50 an hour and part-time while I am in school...

how bad is the outlook for me with just my AA?

 

[imported_weadjust]

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mercenaryforhire/killyourself.jpg

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: weadjust
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mercenaryforhire/killyourself.jpg

hilarous!

did you shave just for me?

 

[paulxcook]

With experience and certs you'll probably be ok. Get your 4 year, though. It doesn't even have to be a good 4 year. Get it in poetry, or graphic design, or something. A bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree.

edit: I meant "interior design". Don't kill me, GD majors .

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally posted by: weadjust
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mercenaryforhire/killyourself.jpg

Whoa,

that guy looks like an escaped mental asylum patient.


Edit: Congrats on getting your AA degree. :thumbsup:

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: paulxcook
With experience and certs you'll probably be ok. Get your 4 year, though. It doesn't even have to be a good 4 year. Get it in poetry, or graphic design, or something. A bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree.

edit: I meant "interior design". Don't kill me, GD majors .

im sooo poor and burnt out

 

[imported_weadjust]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: weadjust
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mercenaryforhire/killyourself.jpg

hilarous!

did you shave just for me?

It was a joke. Good luck in your job search.

 

[The Stigenator]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: paulxcook
With experience and certs you'll probably be ok. Get your 4 year, though. It doesn't even have to be a good 4 year. Get it in poetry, or graphic design, or something. A bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree.

edit: I meant "interior design". Don't kill me, GD majors .

im sooo poor and burnt out

what you talking about burned out boy!

I took 8 ****** years to graduate.. i took 5 years for my AA and 3 for my bachelors..

quit whining!

 

[LS20]

if youre already in with a job, its almost entirely up to you how quickly you pick up skills and move yourself up the chain.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: LS20
if youre already in with a job, its almost entirely up to you how quickly you pick up skills and move yourself up the chain.

This man speeks the truth. You're already employed, so build your skills! Seek out experiences, be it with your current company or not, that help diversify your knowledge. Keep doing that, and in a few years you'll be making great income.

It's all on you. Either you work hard at your career or you work hard in school. It's not going to come easy either way.

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: weadjust
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mercenaryforhire/killyourself.jpg

That was just as funny even before I saw the picture.

Good luck with the job search, but I'll reiterate what everyone else is recommending: get your bachelors.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: LS20
if youre already in with a job, its almost entirely up to you how quickly you pick up skills and move yourself up the chain.

This man speeks the truth. You're already employed, so build your skills! Seek out experiences, be it with your current company or not, that help diversify your knowledge. Keep doing that, and in a few years you'll be making great income.

It's all on you. Either you work hard at your career or you work hard in school. It's not going to come easy either way.

I work for the U of M (Minnesota) Landscape Arboretum as the IT assistant Manager....I was the IT Manager for a 4-5 months (unofficially) because the one at the time passed away, so I took over his duties, but not his pay or benefits (guy got 33$+ an hour + benefits).

So you are saying I can roll up to a HR person as I am applying for an IT job and I got a BAS in interior design ? haha, I think they'd laugh me out of the building!

how is it that a 'bachelors is a bachelors' ??

also, what is the least math intensive degree, because math is what is REALLY burning me out, I just cant do it.

 

[ebaycj]

McDonalds ?

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: LS20
if youre already in with a job, its almost entirely up to you how quickly you pick up skills and move yourself up the chain.

This man speeks the truth. You're already employed, so build your skills! Seek out experiences, be it with your current company or not, that help diversify your knowledge. Keep doing that, and in a few years you'll be making great income.

It's all on you. Either you work hard at your career or you work hard in school. It's not going to come easy either way.

I work for the U of M (Minnesota) Landscape Arboretum as the IT assistant Manager....I was the IT Manager for a 4-5 months (unofficially) because the one at the time passed away, so I took over his duties, but not his pay or benefits (guy got 33$+ an hour + benefits).

So you are saying I can roll up to a HR person as I am applying for an IT job and I got a BAS in interior design ? haha, I think they'd laugh me out of the building!

how is it that a 'bachelors is a bachelors' ??

also, what is the least math intensive degree, because math is what is REALLY burning me out, I just cant do it.

Do IT degrees even have any Math besides something like College Algebra, Pre-Cal, or Calculus for Business Majors (haha)

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: paulxcook
With experience and certs you'll probably be ok. Get your 4 year, though. It doesn't even have to be a good 4 year. Get it in poetry, or graphic design, or something. A bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree.

edit: I meant "interior design". Don't kill me, GD majors .

im sooo poor and burnt out

take out loans, suck it up, and get your 4-year. seriously, unless you have a job on lockdown right now there's no reason to stop after 2 years.

a 4 year qualifies you for infinitely more jobs than a 2 year, and you've already got the crappy low division classes out of the way.

as has been said, a bachelors is a bachelors.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: LS20
if youre already in with a job, its almost entirely up to you how quickly you pick up skills and move yourself up the chain.

This man speeks the truth. You're already employed, so build your skills! Seek out experiences, be it with your current company or not, that help diversify your knowledge. Keep doing that, and in a few years you'll be making great income.

It's all on you. Either you work hard at your career or you work hard in school. It's not going to come easy either way.

I work for the U of M (Minnesota) Landscape Arboretum as the IT assistant Manager....I was the IT Manager for a 4-5 months (unofficially) because the one at the time passed away, so I took over his duties, but not his pay or benefits (guy got 33$+ an hour + benefits).

So you are saying I can roll up to a HR person as I am applying for an IT job and I got a BAS in interior design ? haha, I think they'd laugh me out of the building!

how is it that a 'bachelors is a bachelors' ??

also, what is the least math intensive degree, because math is what is REALLY burning me out, I just cant do it.

Like I and so many others say in IT threads, the degree you get in IT really only matters at the beginning. Sure, there are always some niche industries where the type of degree will hold you back (e.g. companies that do actual computer science work--robotics, physics engines perhaps, etc.), but overall experience will trump everything. If I were you, I'd focus on finding the best experience possible while perhaps finishing your BA/BS part-time.

That being said, if you are going into more of a management role, then the degree becomes increasingly important. What is it you want to do exactly?

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: LS20
if youre already in with a job, its almost entirely up to you how quickly you pick up skills and move yourself up the chain.

This man speeks the truth. You're already employed, so build your skills! Seek out experiences, be it with your current company or not, that help diversify your knowledge. Keep doing that, and in a few years you'll be making great income.

It's all on you. Either you work hard at your career or you work hard in school. It's not going to come easy either way.

I work for the U of M (Minnesota) Landscape Arboretum as the IT assistant Manager....I was the IT Manager for a 4-5 months (unofficially) because the one at the time passed away, so I took over his duties, but not his pay or benefits (guy got 33$+ an hour + benefits).

So you are saying I can roll up to a HR person as I am applying for an IT job and I got a BAS in interior design ? haha, I think they'd laugh me out of the building!

how is it that a 'bachelors is a bachelors' ??

also, what is the least math intensive degree, because math is what is REALLY burning me out, I just cant do it.

Like I and so many others say in IT threads, the degree you get in IT really only matters at the beginning. Sure, there are always some niche industries where the type of degree will hold you back (e.g. companies that do actual computer science work--robotics, physics engines perhaps, etc.), but overall experience will trump everything. If I were you, I'd focus on finding the best experience possible while perhaps finishing your BA/BS part-time.

That being said, if you are going into more of a management role, then the degree becomes increasingly important. What is it you want to do exactly?

I GUESS IT Manager....seeing as I liked doing it here, while we were looking for a replacement. I like working with hardware, servers, infrastructure, etc...I like being in the loop of what software/apps user's are using, and my biggest thing is networking I guess...I want it faster, more effecient, etc.

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: LS20
if youre already in with a job, its almost entirely up to you how quickly you pick up skills and move yourself up the chain.

This man speeks the truth. You're already employed, so build your skills! Seek out experiences, be it with your current company or not, that help diversify your knowledge. Keep doing that, and in a few years you'll be making great income.

It's all on you. Either you work hard at your career or you work hard in school. It's not going to come easy either way.

I work for the U of M (Minnesota) Landscape Arboretum as the IT assistant Manager....I was the IT Manager for a 4-5 months (unofficially) because the one at the time passed away, so I took over his duties, but not his pay or benefits (guy got 33$+ an hour + benefits).

So you are saying I can roll up to a HR person as I am applying for an IT job and I got a BAS in interior design ? haha, I think they'd laugh me out of the building!

how is it that a 'bachelors is a bachelors' ??

also, what is the least math intensive degree, because math is what is REALLY burning me out, I just cant do it.

Do IT degrees even have any Math besides something like College Algebra, Pre-Cal, or Calculus for Business Majors (haha)

yes, BAS in CS requires calc 2

Originally posted by: ebaycj
McDonalds ?

bahahaha, pass.

 

[ViviTheMage]

so what everyone seems to be saying is if I get a bachelors in interior design I can apply for an IT job (assuming I have the experience) and be gravy?

 

[iversonyin]

Why not just hang in there for another 2 years and look for a job that pay a little more?

The light is at the end of the tunnel....

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: paulxcook
With experience and certs you'll probably be ok. Get your 4 year, though. It doesn't even have to be a good 4 year. Get it in poetry, or graphic design, or something. A bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree.

edit: I meant "interior design". Don't kill me, GD majors .

im sooo poor and burnt out

Take out some student loans and suck it up. Remember, anything worth having will usually require hard work.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
so what everyone seems to be saying is if I get a bachelors in interior design I can apply for an IT job (assuming I have the experience) and be gravy?

if you have the IT experience to back it up, of course. i was hired by microsoft as a full time employee - not contract - in their ITG group and i have an economics degree.

even if you get your 4 year taking half-loads or night classes or whatever, just get it. you won't be sorry.

 

[bcterps]

yes, BAS in CS requires calc 2

That's your issue right there. Don't go for a CS degree if you can't handle the math. Go for an Information Systems degree, which is part of a school's Business program. You won't have the heavy math requirements since you're in the business school and you probably will have the tech background to ace your classes.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: iversonyin
Why not just hang in there for another 2 years and look for a job that pay a little more?

The light is at the end of the tunnel....

2 years will end up being .. 3-4 because I do the minimal 12 credits a semester...so I can work more.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: benchiu

yes, BAS in CS requires calc 2

That's your issue right there. Don't go for a CS degree if you can't handle the math. Go for an Information Systems degree, which is part of a school's Business program. You won't have the heavy math requirements since you're in the business school and you probably will have the tech background to ace your classes.

I looked into BAS ITI ... requires college algebra+pre-calc...and I am having a nasty time with even college algebra.

I do great at work when it comes to actually doing stuff with computers and my job, but the math...GRR!

I think I will get my 2 year degree, then try to transfer to the U of M -- twin cities...because I have about 40 some credits under my belt, but they are geared towards a computer degree. So I can't really go and change that to an econ degree, or poly sci.

:/...decisions.

 

[iversonyin]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: iversonyin
Why not just hang in there for another 2 years and look for a job that pay a little more?

The light is at the end of the tunnel....

2 years will end up being .. 3-4 because I do the minimal 12 credits a semester...so I can work more.

+ summer classes you can definitely do it. I don't know how bad your financial situation is, but I've done 35-40 hours work week + school on saturday + summer class....just so I can finish in 4 years.