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.