On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Cory T. Lamb wrote:
> Thanks man that's good to hear for someone who is ready to quit the
books
> and start working.
I'll second the "stay in school" advice. I'm thirty, and just
finished my
degree last year. I'm finally in a job I like *and* making enough
money.
(I liked working for SouthWind, but it just wasn't enough.)
I hated school a lot of the time... I always enjoyed my electives more
than I did my CS classes. (Heck, I liked American Politics infinitely
better than Calculus, Discrete Structures, or Algorithms II.)
My study
habits for things like math sucked and I just didn't do very well.
But I
stuck with it, and I now have a job better than anything I've had before,
in a position that wasn't open to non-degreed individuals with less
than
six years of experience.
Another thing to keep in mind.. the market's hot right now. You
can
probably get a good job without a degree. But in the future,
when the
market turns cold again (which it always will) that degree is often
a
deciding point for hiring managers... sometimes the first cut is to
simply
throw away every resume that doesn't list a degree, regardless of other
qualifications. It's just an easy way to pare down the prospects
without
a lot of thought.
As far as what I learned, I don't think the degree was worth over four
years of my life. But as far as the *doors* that it can open,
it was
worth it.
--
Carl (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
