thoughts on network engineering

[bobcpg]

i'm going into this field in the next year. i'm taking a summerclass and will graduate in summer of 2003 with network engineering aas degree. is this a good degree, what can i expect to do and make? thanks for your input i'v been looking around and cant really find a job description.

bob

 

[Goosemaster]

Is that the equivalent to an MCSE?

 

[me19562]

Goosemaster "Is that the equivalent to an MCSE?", no.
What bobcpg is talking about its an degree in Engineering, 4 years of study at least.
bobcpg is this a good degree, what can i expect to do and make?
For the first one, if u like it, then is a good degree, perhaps if u don't like it, then isn't a good degree.
Thats my way of see it, u study what u like, not what is the best or which is the best pay job.
And the second u can be involved desing and troubleshoot network, from the cabling infrastructure, ip addressing, selection of networking gear to troubleshoot network segment with any kind of problem.


I hope this gave u an idea and Good Luck

 

[Workin']

<< Goosemaster "Is that the equivalent to an MCSE?", no.
What bobcpg is talking about its an degree in Engineering, 4 years of study at least. >>

umm, aas is a 2 year degree, even though they call it "engineering" it is NOT an engineering degree. And even then it's an "applied science" degree, which is more like a technical certificate than a college degree. So it's utility depends on the subject matter covered and your ability to "sell" it to a prospective employer.

 

[Goosemaster]

My bad then. I Thought that a network Engineering was basically a systems engineer.


I am in college to get my Electric/Computer Engineering degree.

We don't get to play with cables


We design them




and the switches, routers, light buls, lied


Buwhahahahaha!!


Damn..I have to go to class....damn physics and calc and.......

 

[kylef]

Can anyone answer Bob's original question?

I'm finishing up a master's degree in electrical engineering myself, and I can tell you right now that Cisco et. al. are NOT hiring... I'm probably going to end up at a defense contractor like Lockheed...

 

[Woodie]

Degree = little value.

Skills and ability to "figure stuff out" will go a lot further. In the US, the market for this appears to have little/no interest in academic achievement, and a whole lot of interest in: "What have you done" and "What can you do for me".

Sell to employer: I can reduce your outages. I can increase your uptime. I can save you money. (IT/network is usually considered "overhead", as in non-revenue generating parts of the company). And of course, you have to tell them HOW will you accomplish those things.