I worked as the techie for a school region of about 20 schools. I was in the process of getting my bachelors asuming that I would get a raise. After I talked to my boss I found out that wasn't the case. The school system didn't care if there techies had degrees, certificates or whatever. They just wanted to know we could do the job and that's it. And that was the school system!
I've worked for two different companies since then and neither of them cared if I had degrees. They just wanted to know I could do the job.
What's worked out the best for me is spend the money I was going to use for college buying books, DSL line, server, and creating different apps and things I can actually show people during interviews. That's turned out to be my best assest and something that interviewers actually cared about.
I agree. The social life is really important. I was actually living in rural Utah, and loved it. It was just a nicer, more mellow enviornmnet. But then again I'm married and don't think I'd like the idea of trying to find someone to date there.
But I got broke and had to move to the big city to make money. But I'd deffinatly take a cut to move back. The social life is really important, I mean what are we trying to make money for anyways.
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I worked as the techie for a school region of about 20 schools. I was in the process of getting my bachelors asuming that I would get a raise. After I talked to my boss I found out that wasn't the case. The school system didn't care if there techies had degrees, certificates or whatever. They just wanted to know we could do the job and that's it. And that was the school system!
I've worked for two different companies since then and neither of them cared if I had degrees. They just wanted to know I could do the job.
What's worked out the best for me is spend the money I was going to use for college buying books, DSL line, server, and creating different apps and things I can actually show people during interviews. That's turned out to be my best assest and something that interviewers actually cared about.
I agree. The social life is really important. I was actually living in rural Utah, and loved it. It was just a nicer, more mellow enviornmnet. But then again I'm married and don't think I'd like the idea of trying to find someone to date there. But I got broke and had to move to the big city to make money. But I'd deffinatly take a cut to move back. The social life is really important, I mean what are we trying to make money for anyways.