You're an English major who misspelled 'decent'? I'm kidding. If you are going to take ISDS classes I would suggest you take Ed Watson's SAP class and try to leverage that to get an internship. Its how I got a job. You have to be self motivated but it gives you access to an R/3 system. Do a monster search on "R/3" and you will see what I mean.
I don't think an English degree will hurt you. The only problem there is that the business school offers an excellent career services center that really provides a LOT of our students with jobs. I say stay in school as well, apparently you job is helping you out with that. I would go ahead and try to get my masters if someone was paying. You can always do techie stuff at home with junk computers and some imagination. When it becomes your job it gets much less interesting, trust me. Im 30 as well, and I feel you on the need to get moving into something a bit bigger. Want to just say screw it and throw the dice to the wind. I feel the same way. I would say send me your resume if you need a part time job at LSU doing tech work, but that's probably not an option for ya. If you need to talk about ISDS classes or anything related to the business school and such feel free to msg me off list and ill fill you in the best I can. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of michael dolan Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Advice on entering the job market? Well, it's probably because I'm an English major, but the thing I've heard from teachers, English majors, and "grown-ups" is "it doesn't matter what you graduate in, just get the piece of paper." I've heard that more often than you may think. The other thing that surprised me was everyone who said "stay in school, get another degree." I'm not graduating at 22 or 23. I'm 29, and by the time I graduate I'll be 30. I know I didn't tell ya'll that, but I was thinking it didn't really matter. I think it's time for me to be done with school, and get a real job. But, you never know. I have a descent job now, and I get some of school paid for (and get a little time off of work to go to class), so maybe I'll just stay in my present job after I graduate. Maybe I'll get a job that has nothing to do with anything. Michael
