What should I do? Which would you choose?

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ArchStudent

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If anyone is either a programmer or a network specialist please let me know your thoughts about your jobs :) Still trying to decide which will be better for me.

Okay, well I've come to a cross road and I do not know which path to take :confused: . I've been frustrating over this for a while now about what I want to do for a career.

It's one of these two programs:

1) Computer Programmer Course outline is here

or

2) Computer Networking Course Outline is here

I just want to know what the pros and cons are of each type of job is before I make my decision. I like both, but am having a hard time deciding between the two :(

thanks from a confused student :confused:
 
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kalster

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Originally posted by: ArchStudent
If anyone is either a programmer or a network specialist please let me know your thoughts about your jobs :) Still trying to decide which will be better for me. Okay, well I've come to a cross road and I do not know which path to take :confused: . I've been frustrating over this for a while now about what I want to do for a career. It's one of these two programs: 1) Computer Programmer Course outline is here or 2) Computer Networking Course Outline is here I just want to know what the pros and cons are of each type of job is before I make my decision. I like both, but am having a hard time deciding between the two :( thanks from a confused student :confused:
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i am a software developer in telecom industry and i work on session layer protocols, so i do a bit of both

i say definetely try to leran some domain, networking/telecom or something, programming is something you can learn along as you need it, also domain expertise is much more valuable than tools/languages u know
 
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ArchStudent

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Okay... one other BIG reason I am stuck is because I am concerned about health. I'll let you in on a little story.

I used to be a big boy, weighed in @ 260 pounds at my heaviest, not an obese person, but everyone always referred to me as "big guy". Something happened, I woke up to the reality that looks do not get you everywhere, but looks do get the ball rolling ;)

I dropped 100 pounds in about 4 or 5 months, and have never looked back. I just exercised daily, cut out junk food and fast food, and ate smarter as well as healthier. I just used my common sense and shed the pounds in no time. I ended up getting a very attractive g/f and receiving a lot of attention from women that would have passed me by if I were still a big guy.

I mean I went from a size 40 waist line to a 28 inch waist, and I was working out at the gym, and running about 5-10km daily.

okay, I may have gone off on a rant, but I do not want to ever become a "big guy" again. I am fearful that programming will lead to me becoming a lot more sedentary... I'm not knocking programmers... but from some of the people I've talked to they do spend a lot of time being sedentary... networking seems to involve a little more activity.

Anyways, thanks for anyone and everyone that is willing to offer me their opinions :)
 
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I don't think networking will give you that much more mobility to the point where you'll start sheding pounds due to walking back and fourth from server to server.
 
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ArchStudent

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Oh, and what are the jobs like, especially down South of the border in the good old U.S.A.?

Not money wise, but number of jobs, and availability... yadda, yadda, yadda :)
 
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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
network.. coders are farking weenies!:p
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you don't like weenies?
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Originally posted by: ArchStudent
Oh, and what are the jobs like, especially down South of the border in the good old U.S.A.?

Not money wise, but number of jobs, and availability... yadda, yadda, yadda :)
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What jobs? They've been shipped to India. That's a good thing though just ask the AT experts over in P&N. The only jobs south of your border is stocking shelves at Walmart and flipping burgers at McD's and somehow (I'm not sure how personally but the AT experts say) you'll make the highest wages ever doing that.


 
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ArchStudent

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What jobs? They've been shipped to India. That's a good thing though just ask the AT experts over in P&N. The only jobs south of your border is stocking shelves at Walmart and flipping burgers at McD's and somehow (I'm not sure how personally but the AT experts say) you'll make the highest wages ever doing that.
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ouch! :Q
 
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I will tell you from first-hand experience that unless you ALREADY have a STRONG programming background... as in, you can code... say... C++ from scratch.... you will not do good in computer programming at 99% of schools. I learned that the hard way. Networking can be picked up easily and benefits from hands-on training from a school, while Computer Programming can be done by anyone at anytime and anyone can make programs to enhance their knowledge without any schooling.



I would think that networking is probably a more stable position, because you could easily get hired as a systems admin, while most programmers on a job to job basis.
 
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ArchStudent

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Well I've decided to go with the Netowrking aspect... always been a gear head interested in why something is doing what it is doing

This is the course outline for the first year, where they want a person to have a good foundation for hardware/software:

First Year Courses

and then the second year has two options:

The second they call "Internet Systems Technician" with this as the courses and descriptions:

Internet System Tech Option

the other option (I seem to be leaning towards) is the "Networking Systems Technician" and it has these as the courses and their descriptions:

Networking System Tech Option

Programming is a great career, but I know that it isn't for me. I have found the programming courses to be easy for me... but the heart wasn't there

Thank you everyone for your information and views regarding this dilema

here's a :beer: on me :)
 
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