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Going back to school question

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After being in the mortgage business for nearly eight years, I am unemployed again due to the housing market woes. Mortgage companies are closing down everyday and the worse is yet to come. I want to go to computer school and I need your suggestions/comments. Should I go to a technical computer school(fixing computers and IT stuff) or should I get into the artistic side(web design/CGI/animation). I am in L.A. so the business is around me - I dont know how competitive the field is. If anyone could give me an idea regarding the cost and how many years it would take. Thanks in advance!
 
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Hi Citronbull, first of all, Welcome to Mac Forums!

To your query, I suspect that only you can answer it. If you are artistically gifted, that could be a path, but in LA, it will be a very, very competitive path. It may take a long, long while to break in.

The technical stuff is more immediately accessible but of course it won't pay as well.

If you are thinking "school", what about university? A degree in Computer Science would go a lot farther than a tech school diploma.

Just a few thoughts...
 

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