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Originally posted by B18C5VTEC
so if you 3 (delsol, hampton, and rex) could do your whole university over, what would u take? whats the best path to the $$$?
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i'm not done university yet... not even close. i'm only going part time because i work full time. however, my long term educational goal is a BSc. in CS. as it is now i'm 100% self-taught (i've been playing with computers since age 7 (15 years)). i feel i have the ability to pick up basically any programming language or operating system (for sysadmin jobs), but i can't simply write that on a resume. i need the piece of paper, so that's what i'm going for
. luckily by the time i am done school i'll have plenty of experience.
i don't want to simply do a 2 year program since a BSc in CS is pretty much universally recognized, whereas a 2 year diploma from a tech school might not have the same weight. i'd just rather keep my options open. a 2 year program will probably get you into most of the same jobs, but i'm pretty skeptical about their being many companies who actually frown on having a BSc in CS. i've got a relative who did a 2 year program and later found that he was employable but not for some of the jobs he wanted, and later went back and finished off the other 2. it's cool reXem, that your program offers the ability to go for a full degree so that you always have the option to go back and finish up the degree.
i'm also wary of the 2 year degree, at least the one here at UCC (CSOM) because most of the CSOM grads i've met are huge morons. i realise this is a horrible generalization, and one that probably isn't accurate... but that's been my experience. about 3 years ago i was working as a technician for a local shop and CSOM students and grads used to bring in their machines for us to fix (while we're on that subject, MCSE's to get us to fix issues with Windows NT too... ironic). this didn't instill a lot of confidence as i was considering taking CSOM at the time. the final blow came when a CSOM student asked me a question he had for a final project in one of the 4th (last) semester classes: "how can network switches be used to prevent hackers?". not only is this question horribly worded, it's incredibly easy to answer. not my idea of a brain-buster for a 2 year program.