Wow now a Master Degree pref for IT gigs? (IT job, employment, credit)
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Here's a copy and paste of the job experience essentials for a 6 months+ Contract job below...
Education & Experience Essential
• Minimum of five years of design and implementation experience in IT, with a deep knowledge in: Cisco compute products & cloud infrastructure technologies and tools, CASB vendor, infrastructure as code modeling, advanced networking, SAN Engineering.
• 4+ years' experience as an IT Infrastructure Architect, with focus on Azure, cloud, server, storage and networking.
• 3+ years' experience with MS Server Operating Systems
• 3+ years' experience with MS SQL, Sharepoint and .NET
• Engineering and or computer science degree from an accredited institution.
Desirable
• Master’s degree preferred.
I get that it must be really easy to get a Master's Degree in India, they must be setting the new expectations for IT workers here.
'IT' is extremely varied. Some IT jobs take a high school diploma only, some require a PhD. You came across one that wants a masters.
Masters degrees are extremely common where I live (in the US) as well. Two years part time at night while working full time and most anyone can get a masters.
Must be a glut of IT professionals if companies are able to demand more and more. So much for the IT "STEM worker shortage".
I was in IT for 35 years. When I first started in this field, it was highly respected. The work was easier and the pay was more in inflation adjusted dollars. I saw the IT field degrade, especially in the last 10 years. I sure picked a good time to retire out of it. It's a nightmare for my colleagues who are still in it and cannot retire yet, and worse yet for my former colleagues who have been pushed out of it, are too young to retire and have to seek other lower paying employment.
Must be a glut of IT professionals if companies are able to demand more and more. So much for the IT "STEM worker shortage".
I was in IT for 35 years. When I first started in this field, it was highly respected. The work was easier and the pay was more in inflation adjusted dollars. I saw the IT field degrade, especially in the last 10 years. I sure picked a good time to retire out of it. It's a nightmare for my colleagues who are still in it and cannot retire yet, and worse yet for my former colleagues who have been pushed out of it, are too young to retire and have to seek other lower paying employment.
I could not agree more. I've been in IT for the ages, and have about 12 more years before I can seriously entertain retiring. This used to be a great field. Those days are long gone.
As already stated, a Masters is not that hard to get. It's like 35 credits for some schools. Sign up for online courses at a regionally accredited school part time and you could get it in a year in a half.
As already stated, a Masters is not that hard to get. It's like 35 credits for some schools. Sign up for online courses at a regionally accredited school part time and you could get it in a year in a half.
It is quite an investment in money. My employer paid for my two masters degrees so I got a good deal. Not sure if I would have done them if I had to pay for them myself or go into debt.
It is quite an investment in money. My employer paid for my two masters degrees so I got a good deal. Not sure if I would have done them if I had to pay for them myself or go into debt.
Yep, I've thought about going back to get my MBA. For the accelerated one year MBA, it is $25,000 from my regional state U. I doubt I'd see anywhere near that return on my investment, especially if I remained in my local area. I certainly wouldn't go into debt for it.
My employer will reimburse a certain amount annually, but it's nowhere near the cost of the tuition. It would be the equivalent of a car payment for a fairly expensive used auto.
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