I just turned 44 and I have a GED with some Community College and going
on 22 years experience.
I have always thought of myself as a bad example ("Do as I say, not as I
do.") when it comes to higher education. But it does look like times are
changing.
I have seen that a degree (any degree) helps a lot, in getting a foot in
the door, when starting a career in this field.
Though, people are finding the ROI on higher education is not what it
used to be.
I was lucky with the time and place in starting my career. (the heyday
of the mid '90s in Silicon Valley)
Though, in middle school, I was the one who got into BASIC on the
Commodore 64, while my brothers got into the video games. My brothers
are doing well, but they actually got 4 year degrees and their careers
do require it.
I am very much a self learner and I am always looking for the next thing
to implement. :)
Though I don't do temporary implementations in a lab. I look for real
world implementations.
Like when I dug myself into the VoIP world with wiring up the house to a
channelbank and a T1 card in an Asterisk server and a couple of SIP phones.
On 12/15/2016 08:44 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
http://qz.com/858194/ibm-employees-without-college-education/
An interesting article on how you don't need a college degree to work
for IBM. It quotes BLS statistics that 47% of Network and computer
systems administrators don't have four year college degrees. Food for
thought?
--
Mr. Flibble
King of the Potato People
http://www.linkedin.com/in/RobertLanning
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