Thanks to everyone that replied. I am somewhat surprised by some of the replies, so I'm very glad I asked the question. I appreciate the advice! Michael
michael dolan wrote: > A few things: > 1. Classes - I'm at LSU, and I'm set to graduate in a little over a > year. I'm actually an English major, but I don't know if that will > have any effect on my job prospects. I've taken the first computer > science class (which is just basics and MS office applications), and > I'm taking two ISDS classes right now. I'm set to take another ISDS > class on network security this summer. I would really like to take > some interesting computer science classes, there is one on e-commerce, > 2 on networks, etc. To take the interesting classes, you have to take > more programming classes than I have time to take before I graduate. > I don't really want to take any more programming classes, but I don't > know if that will have any affect on my job prospects either. > 2. Certs - I'm thinking about both A+ and Network+ to start, but > maybe MS certs would get me a better job. Or, should I not waste my > time and money and jump straight to something harder? > 3. BR - I think I might be in this area for awhile, just what is the > job market here like? I've done a little browsing on monster, and > there are some jobs, but they seem so specialized. > 4. Internship - one of the classes you can take at LSU in ISDS is > basically an internship class, which I would like to do, but A) I work > full time during the day and B) I wouldn't know where to find a local > company that might use linux, would want an intern, and would want an > intern at night. > 5. Money - Right now I have a full time job at LSU that has nothing > to do with what I want to end up doing. I don't make very good money > (about 28+), but I'm worried I might move down the pay scale if I got > a job on the bottom rung of a field. > > Basically, if you were in my position, what would you do? If you had > to do your pre-job education over, what would you do differently? > > I would really appreciate any help any of you could give me, because > honestly I'm kind of worried about this. > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
