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BRMan, I'd like to know what your graduate degree was "called", what was the name of the degree or course of study. Also, what was your undergrad degree?
Undergrad in Accounting. Grad degree in ISDS (Information Systems and Decision Sciences)
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Also, how is network IT different from being a coder/programmer in terms of personality required, expertise, employment prospects, etc. The associates degree program I mentioned is very tempting to me, but offhand I've never taken this "vo-tech" school seriously, although that's not based on any concrete knowledge of it.
I'll give this one a try. Programmers deal more with logic and data, while the network types have to be good at understanding hardware and communiations infrastructure. To me, the network side requires even more creativity and troubleshooting skills, because when you're talking about a computer network and day to day/long term problems with it, you need to think 10 dimensionally.
This family friend is no Albert Einstein, that's for sure, and I really doubt he spends his free time teaching himself new or different network IT skills. Anyone in IT care to comment or expand on this subject? Also, how is network IT different from being a coder/programmer in terms of personality required, expertise, employment prospects, etc.
The admin side has more entry-level opportunities. Some of the work is downright blue-collar, in particular desktop support, printers, etc. In my opinion the admin side is not creative, is more about working with commercial products as opposed to creating things.
Development is more creative and abstract, in my opinion it takes a person with more critical thinking skills to be a good developer.
try this, read W.Richard Stevens "TCP/IP Illustrated", it's fairly dry, but if you can get through it, you have the potential to become a CCIE, it's ok if you don't know what that is, just try the book first, you'll be surprised...
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