[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Kergan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Heh...you know, I only have a 2 year technical degree. In the tech field you can replace a lot of traditional education with certifications and shit specifically tailored to what you actually do. There are kids who forgo college completely and spend 1-2 years going nuts on Cisco exams - landing like CCIE R&S and CCIE Security by age 20. Those dudes are often rolling 6 figure incomes before they can legally drink and instead of being 100k in debt from student loans they are out maybe 10k in training materials and lab gear rental.

I'm not going to paint too rosy a picture though, you need to be a fucking bad ass with this shit to stand out in the core networking industry.

Oh I don't disagree that the sole purpose of a B.A. at your big Liberal Arts school is to be a closet snob that looks down their nose at anyone hustling tech while you pull down 8 bucks an hour at Starbucks.

A BA used to be a membership card to an economic caste, and its essentially now a membership card to a social caste for corporations that still discriminate on that basis. It still has value, now more situational and no longer a golden ticket to an interview.

Not too long ago (mabe 10 years) IBM for a period of time was only hiring Liberal Arts degrees. You run into various snobbery n such in certain pockets with certain corps.