Keithb
join:2003-09-16
El Campo, TX
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Re: what kind of education
Being in a similar situation, I would suggest a Business/Management type Bachelors Degree. I started with an Associates Degree in Electronics Technology and later went back for a Bachelors concentrating in Business/Marketing. I felt it gave me a broader knowledge. Do you want to be doing networking your whole life, or run a department with employees who do it for you?
My route has really paid off for me. Best of luck to you. I worked full-time, and built a house ourselves while I was attending night school so I don't envy you. I respect those who take the time to go back. |
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AMD Phreak
Please do the needfull
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join:2003-12-14
| Keithb hit it right on the head. If you want to manage it is best to get into the business side of the house. Some places are offering IT management degrees that cover the business side and the IT side. It might be easier to find a college offering more of the business degree however.
EMC_guy also has a point and that is you will probably need some certs to get by. You need to determine which field you like working in... Microsoft or Cisco. There also are certs from Juniper that are very valuable as well seeing that they are gaining marketshare rapidly.
When it comes to certs I feel its like this:
If you want to do servers and desktops go MS.
If you want to work with networks go Cisco or Juniper.
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