No, Sisyphus, computers are not a trade. They are a boulder. Unless... They are loaded with Linux. Then, and only then, Sisyphus; can you become Diogenes.
Degrees are paper, something you can put in line 13b on a job application. What is more inportant, is the process of education. Learn, read, do, be, dobedo. I once spent an evening with a survivor of a Nazi death camp. He was a German that as a young man had stood up against the Nazi's and said NO! He showed me his tatoo and told me to go to college when I got out as I had told him I intended to. "Your mind is the only thing no one can take away. What you lock away in there - it is yours!" He was a hero, and made of sterner stuff that I am, but his message sank in. I never stop studying. Ever read Fahrenheit 451? If not, check it out of the library. Dark, but compelling. Doug --- "Adam J. Melancon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great thoughts everyone... > > I guess I just wonder if some people with the same > degree feel like I do, > where when asked what I have a degree in, I feel > like I have to justify my > Associates degree. It's not because of what other > people think about it, I > guess for some reason I just feel like I have to > justify why I only have an > Associates degree. > > Although, I did get my CCNA, A+, and Network+ > certification which used to > make me feel better until they started this > certification boot camp crap > where everyone and their grandma has their CCNA. Of > course you are going to > get certified if you pay $5000 for a week long CCNA > boot camp! When I > started preparing for my certifications, I studied > hard, and felt like I > earned those certs. It took me 2 weeks and a $50 > book to get my A+ and later > I studied for two months with a $50 book and 2 > 1605-R routers I had > available to me and got my CCNA, and then after the > CCNA I just went take > the Network+ the following weekend. I also just > recently went through the > 12 week Dale Carnegie course that my dad gave me for > Christmas. I wasn't > too interested in it at the time he told me about it > (he took it in > October), but it was one of the best class I have > ever taken in my life and > was definatly worth it. > > I'm 23 now and have been using computers since I was > 6, and I really feel > that I have learned more than ever being on the job > as a one man IT staff > than I ever learned in school. I have no plans of > leaving the library, > espically since we are fixing to move into a brand > new 26,000 square foot > facility, but if I ever have to, I hope that my > experience as a Systems > Administrator for a seven branch library pays off > for me in the long run. > > Also, in keeping with the Linux theme of this group, > ever since I have found > red-hat 5.2 quite some years ago, computers have > become fun again and keep > me wanting to do new projects such as my terminal > server, print to pdf > server, and the MP3 server I have at my house. > Linux has been the breath of > fresh in this hobby turned career, and has helped my > knowledge of computers > and networking increase drastically over the past > few years. > > I guess sometimes I'm just tired of people looking a > technical colleges as > being for people who "couldn't cut it" in a real > college, or for "problem > kids". If you notice, it is most of the "problem > kids" in highschool that > they try to start industrial arts program for, or > ship them to trade > schools. If we didn't have technical schools, where > would we get qualified > mechanics, plumbers, welders, hair dressers, > electricians, and other > "working with your hands" jobs. I feel that most > people look down at > trades, as if they weren't smart enough to make it > in college. I think we > need more skilled people in this world with hands on > trades. If everyone > went and got a 4 year degree and a desk job, who > would weld, fabricate, > build, and fix most of the things we use every day. > > Which raises a good question... Is working with > compters a trade, and if > not, why do they teach it at trade schools? > > Adam J. Melancon > > _________________________________________________________________ > Share your photos without swamping your Inbox. Get > Hotmail Extra Storage > today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
