Don't sweat what you can't change - some suggestions:
>Learn how to solve business problems with technology -increasingly some of the interesting tech work is moving where it should have been years ago - fixing business problems.
>If you have a passion about something - concentrate your work/projects in those areas - nothing like satisfaction with what you are doing.
>Build your proffesional reputation with people you respect producing solid work - proven skill is worth far more in this line of endeavor than paper certs. (For those who disagree note please -> *people you respect*).
>Worth repeating - seek out what you enjoy doing.
Don't sweat what you can't change - some suggestions: >Learn how to solve business problems with technology -increasingly some of the interesting tech work is moving where it should have been years ago - fixing business problems. >If you have a passion about something - concentrate your work/projects in those areas - nothing like satisfaction with what you are doing. >Build your proffesional reputation with people you respect producing solid work - proven skill is worth far more in this line of endeavor than paper certs. (For those who disagree note please -> *people you respect*). >Worth repeating - seek out what you enjoy doing.