❕Computer nerds❕Advice plz
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what is a great concentration in IT?
ive completed 2 years of college but need to get a direction.
Anything computers ill b happy.
1. Anyone ACTUALLY carry a degree in IT?
2. I have looked into Game Simulation/Programming....but not sure about job marketAny advice from someone CURRENTLY in the field would be excellent
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CIS is good for admins and management. CS is good for programmer. But really, personally, I think if you need the degree, you probably won't do so well. What I mean is that I was already programming, hacking, architecting, etc., and I actually started the career before I had my degree. You will be competing with people who fill thier lives with geek, even without the consideration of education or career. A degree alone can't usually compete with a real geek.
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I understand that....just every job listing says Bachelors this, Bachelors that.
idk what to do. maybe Game Simulation/Programming then?
computers come very easy to me. very.
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A general business degree is the way to go IMO. Then get certs. My experience is that companies just want to see that you have a 4 year degree doesnt matter what it is in. But the certs are important.
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game programming is the most difficult both in the work itself and actually getting a decent paying gig. i suggest focusing on business and web applications as thats where the most cash is and the jobs are much easier to find. i also completely agree with brown note. if you dont live it, you wont get very far. not in the trenches, anyway. gl.
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Video game programming you need something like CIS (computer information systems). Which is programming and stuff. IT is basically more network stuff and general computing.
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T e ✯ a S wrote:
My brain explodedwhat is a great concentration in IT?
ive completed 2 years of college but need to get a direction.
Anything computers ill b happy.
1. Anyone ACTUALLY carry a degree in IT?
2. I have looked into Game Simulation/Programming....but not sure about job marketAny advice from someone CURRENTLY in the field would be excellent
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There is a major demand for computer programmers in the job market. I'm actually starting a java programming certification course myself next week.
If you go the IT route. There is a major need for security specialists. A good cert would be a CCSA I believe they call it, from Cisco. Someone will probably know the right acronym. -
add: MikeyB wrote:
A general business degree is the way to go IMO. Then get certs. My experience is that companies just want to see that you have a 4 year degree doesnt matter what it is in. But the certs are important.
This.
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Primo wrote:
ive already got some Cisco switching and routing quals.There is a major demand for computer programmers in the job market. I'm actually starting a java programming certification course myself next week.
If you go the IT route. There is a major need for security specialists. A good cert would be a CCSA I believe they call it, from Cisco. Someone will probably know the right acronym. -
T e ✯ a S wrote:
Do you have ccna or ccnp?Primo wrote:
ive already got some Cisco switching and routing quals.There is a major demand for computer programmers in the job market. I'm actually starting a java programming certification course myself next week.
If you go the IT route. There is a major need for security specialists. A good cert would be a CCSA I believe they call it, from Cisco. Someone will probably know the right acronym. -
Add a CS degree plus a few certs, plus a high level security clearance and you should move to the DC area since the market is ridiculous. Real experience I'd a plus, but those can get you in the door.
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Brown Note👊🔨💀 wrote:
This too...CIS is good for admins and management. CS is good for programmer. But really, personally, I think if you need the degree, you probably won't do so well. What I mean is that I was already programming, hacking, architecting, etc., and I actually started the career before I had my degree. You will be competing with people who fill thier lives with geek, even without the consideration of education or career. A degree alone can't usually compete with a real geek.
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I left college after half way through going for mechanical engineering. I was bored and computers were more fun. I took Microsoft and novell courses and got my first job at IBM. I moved on to 4 other places and doubled salary each time. 99 percent learn as I go. I am now a server an storage engineer. All the certs I had expired and I make a great salary. If u go cisco u just need a ccna to get in the door and keep taken those classes and you can make 6 figures in a few years.
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Nerds? We prefer intellectual badass
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MrYoungzman wrote:
There that's better...yes I added the ES otherwise ud have been referrin to one person 😒......nerd lolNerds? We prefer intellectual badassES
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I have no certs. Muahahaha!™ My employers don't usually want to pay for them because they know it will only make it easier for me to go to another employer.
They help when you are getting started, but after you get some experience, they don't mean much.
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ok...so since my college is free, and im 28 years old, after getting this advice i decided to get the certs and go that route. i can finish college later.
this the best route?
or should i just finish the 2 years THEN go for those certs.
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Cyber.
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T e ✯ a S wrote:
Long term... Finish the 2 years. You will never go back and to get to a mgmt level a 2 year will look better.ok...so since my college is free, and im 28 years old, after getting this advice i decided to get the certs and go that route. i can finish college later.
this the best route?
or should i just finish the 2 years THEN go for those certs.
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groundhog wrote:
well i have 2 years finished already. but im 28 and having a hard time finding work based on just my military service. even though it was all networking/comms equipmentT e ✯ a S wrote:
Long term... Finish the 2 years. You will never go back and to get to a mgmt level a 2 year will look better.ok...so since my college is free, and im 28 years old, after getting this advice i decided to get the certs and go that route. i can finish college later.
this the best route?
or should i just finish the 2 years THEN go for those certs.
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I had/have Net+, CCNA, CEH, ECSA, CISSP, and a few others that expired... Great to get you in the door and with a clearance keep you employed.
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I would suggest finishing college first. Makes a big difference later in life as you look for better jobs. Most certs you will likely end up getting on the job....no reason you can't finish up a few certs while in college though as well.
Also, specializing in something like automation wouldn't hurt in the IT field. I see a lot of people in IT who think that it is sufficient to toss a few perl scripts together and call it automation. A good programmer can run circles around that level of automation with C or other high level languages. A free language that I have found incredibly useful is AUTOIT...allows you to wrap a GUI around logic that validates your SAN switches and then send email alerts, read and parse XML, reconfigure storage, etc. Google 'stat5000' for a good autoit example that messes with XML.
In any case, good luck. My wife is from Midland Texas and she says stay where the heat is (I stole her away to MN and she can't quite deal with 30 below temperatures yet :) ).
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Make that: google 'stat5000 autoit'
Apparently there are a lot of statistic programs out there called stat5000 also. It is just one of many sample autoit sources floating around the internet free for copying and working into your own programs.
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