Getting an Undergrad IT Certificate from an Online College

[Klendathu]

IMHO, for IT, the degree is what a company will look at when they need to fill an entry level position and you have no experience to put on your resume. If you can get a job in the field without the degree, save yourself the tuition money. Not dissing the degree, but you can get somewhere without it, and paying back student loans can be a real bitch. Stick with it, maybe cop a cert here and there, you'll do ok. Experience is the key, though. I'd rather hire someone who can show me, for example, router configs and WAN stuff on a paper napkin than some jerkface with a Bachelor's and a CCNA who doesn't know shit from shinola.

[EchoedTruth]

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

IMHO, for IT, the degree is what a company will look at when they need to fill an entry level position and you have no experience to put on your resume. If you can get a job in the field without the degree, save yourself the tuition money. Not dissing the degree, but you can get somewhere without it, and paying back student loans can be a real bitch. Stick with it, maybe cop a cert here and there, you'll do ok. Experience is the key, though. I'd rather hire someone who can show me, for example, router configs and WAN stuff on a paper napkin than some jerkface with a Bachelor's and a CCNA who doesn't know shit from shinola.

Yea that's what I figured/believe as well. From my perspective though - an employer might see my two degrees in Sociology (Associates & Bachelors) and be like... well where did he learn IT stuff? So even though I have work history as an IT guy, I figured it would help just to have "some" sort of formal education. In this case a cheap (~$1000) certificate in computer information management.