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Being a student interested in majoring in Information Technology, I'm very interested in what everyone does...where they went to school...what degrees they have...what kind of suggestions they have to a prospective student...etc. Sure my counselor can tell me what degrees are most common in this field, but I'd rather get the answers straight from the people themselves. Im particularly interested in..Network Administrators.. Systems Administrators... *Security analysts*... *photography people*....

Thanks

Edit: What would you like to be doing?
 
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Degree: nothing special, just diploma
What I do: Sell Mortgages making 10k/month
Crazy isnt it? I think so.
 
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Holler. :)
 
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evolve, what company do you work for? if you don't mind of course :) i have some friends trying to get me to join them doing the same.
 
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School: Glasgow University Scotland
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What I do: Work in Tesco's!!!!! (For all for you people that don't know it's like Morrison’s)
 
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hojkoff_101 said:
School: Glasgow University Scotland
Degree: Medicine
What I do: Work in Tesco's!!!!! (For all for you people that don't know it's like Morrison’s)

What if I don't know what Morrison's is :p

School NAIT
Diploma:Working on it in Computer System Technology
Job: I ref hockey :p I'm lucky enough to have my parents putting me through school.
My ultimate plan is to develop, and then hopefully work my way into system analysis or project managment. That's the stuff that earns you money and is quite a bit more interesting than hacking code all day.
 
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What I do: Coconut Husking Technical Supervisor, but I've applied for a job in the R&D department.
 
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High school drop out, got a BSc degree (in Geology!) whilst serving in the RAF and am currently an overpayed brain surgeon ... PPC brains that is .. I spend my working life improving the performance of the worlds largest air traffic control system.

Amen-Moses
 
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Education: BA (Hons) Geography
Employment: Ex-AppleCentre iLife Consultant, accredited to Apple Product Professional status.

Current Employment: Between jobs.... *sniff*
What do I do: Mac user, artist and writer, programmer and web design.

http://www.lilserenity.com

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I'm studying graphic design at Cornwall College (UK) hoping to go on to do a BA in graphic design and get a job in the industry.
 
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Working on an Information Science Degree at the university of Arkansas at Little Rock
 
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Degrees: Associate of Arts in Art and Associate of Arts in Business Administration

Degrees in progress: Bachelor of Arts in Studio (graphic design+photography) and Bachelor or Science in Art Marketing (both will be completed Fall '06)

Currently work for a department in the school doing video editing.

From what people have told me BFA to MFA for art students is good b/c they are "professional" degrees but if you are good and have a good portfolio and experience as far as internships and good contacts you can make it with a BA and an MA. A degree is pretty much a degree any way you slice it. My father has a Master's in history and what he does, which is government related, is not anything for what he went to school for.

I want to be a freelance photographer and own my own design company. I also want to own a gallery which focus on up and coming artists.
 
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Merlinblack said:
What if I don't know what Morrison's is :p

Then you're a spoon!

lil can I just ask, what made you do a degree in geography? You seem very into your computers. Whenever you answer one of my questions I’m sure that most of it's not in English! Did you ever consider a degree in computer science or something like that?
 
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Hey there :flower:

If I got a pound for everyone who asked that, hehe. But I'll explain succinctly. This was not a decision of arrogance or "I am better than that", but I just felt a Computer Science Degree couldn't offer me anything I didn't already know or would soon learn, as it stands I can program in C, C++, Objective C, PHP, SQL, VisualBASIC, Visual BASIC for Applications and probably a whole kaboodle of defunct languages. My knowledge on databases is such that I wrote a whole system that now runs a successful business... And I have done all this without the need for a computer science degree.

Beyond this was my motivation for going to Uni' itself, it wasn't simply to expand my pay packet potential at the end of the day, I wanted to do something that I was deeply interested in and felt would expand me as a person in other ways. geography was that, I love learning about people, society and I adore travelling - I thrive on it. It was new, challenging and fresh, and ultimately for me more rewarding that sitting down in a room going through dumb ADA or Pascal programs ;) I could do the computer bit in my own time whilst doing another degree that benefitted me as a person in ways that computer science would not have.

I'm good with computers, especially Macs, I like computers too, but my fingers remain in many pies :flower:

Vicky (...and that was the short answer...!)
 

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