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[Overcast]

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

I don't know, that is a pretty bold claim guy. Think I'm going to have to disagree that any professional certificate would create more opportunities than a graduate degree.

Depends on what you want I guess.

In IT many places would much prefer their Cisco admins to have a CCIE over a Masters in MIS or whatever they call it now.

Same with say - a Unix Admin. Experience means a LOT there, as it takes very little and just one wrong move to hose up a Unix server

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So it just might depend. I never did finish college personally. Ended up party-ing too much after High School and having kids too early. But I guess tenacity and experience made up for a lot of it. That being said, I'd still like to go back and get at least a four year degree. But in a way I'm hesitant - I don't ever want to manage people, I've done that before and it sucks.

Managing machines - for me - is a lot, lot more rewarding and I'm better at it. I'm too laid-back to manage people. Seems like anyone in IT with more than an undergrad degree are all MBA's.

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

Depends on what you want I guess.

In IT many places would much prefer their Cisco admins to have a CCIE over a Masters in MIS or whatever they call it now.

Same with say - a Unix Admin. Experience means a LOT there, as it takes very little and just one wrong move to hose up a Unix server

rm -r /

oops.

So it just might depend. I never did finish college personally. Ended up party-ing too much after High School and having kids too early. But I guess tenacity and experience made up for a lot of it. That being said, I'd still like to go back and get at least a four year degree. But in a way I'm hesitant - I don't ever want to manage people, I've done that before and it sucks.

Managing machines - for me - is a lot, lot more rewarding and I'm better at it. I'm too laid-back to manage people. Seems like anyone in IT with more than an undergrad degree are all MBA's.

100% Cisco admin is way more valuable than a graduate degree. There are things you NEED a cisco admin to do for legal reasons. You don't even have to show up to an interview to get 6 figures with that designation.

Grad school... pshh means nothing unless you are already high up in a company. I got my job over someone with a grad degree 1 year after graduating with my undergrad because I had a years experience at a brokerage firm. That 1 year gave me more knowledge of how things work than he got from books.