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RE: Student-Degree valuable or not?
From: "DANIEL SIMPSON" <DANSIMPS () uat edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:27:17 -0700
Yah, I wouldn't go to ITT if they paid me. My school is newer ( about 50 years old ) It's a 4 year program full colligate experience. They are regionally accredited. Its not just that well known, but I plan on getting my masters at a ivy school afterwards. -----Original Message----- From: Kamal Habayeb [mailto:mountainfury () fastmail fm] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:03 AM Cc: Security-Basics Subject: Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? DANIEL SIMPSON wrote:
Hey, I just retired from a 4 year stint in Silicon Valley where I was a System Administrator/Technical Engineer for a couple start-ups. I started getting more and more into Information Security and finally decided to quit my boring job and move to Arizona to enter a 4 year program at a private university. I'm getting my B.S in software engineering with an emphasis on security. How valuable will this
degree
be and what are the forecasts for the job market in this field in
about
4 years. The program is REALLY expensive and I cashed out all my investments/savings to pay for it (roughly 10k a year). I might even
go
to law school afterwards. Is this degree worth the estimated 40-50k?
I'm
22 btw, my dream is to work for Microsoft or Goggle for a couple years and start my own security firm. Any suggestions would be awesome. Dann
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Just make sure that the school you are attending is regionally accredited and the credits/degree can be transfered to other schools. The reputation of the school is also very important. Don't make the mistake that I made and attend ITT Tech. Make sure the program stands up to the claims that it makes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Student-Degree valuable or not? DANIEL SIMPSON (Sep 26)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? Bennett Todd (Sep 26)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? JGrimshaw (Sep 26)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? Kamal Habayeb (Sep 26)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? Paul Ledin (Sep 26)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? vam (Sep 29)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? DANIEL SIMPSON (Sep 29)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? Daszczyszak, Roman L. SPC (1AD 501 MI BN ACE IMO) (Sep 29)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? Brian G. (Sep 29)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? Meritt James (Sep 29)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? Brian G. (Sep 29)
- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? Meidinger Chris (Sep 29)
- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? DeGennaro, Gregory (Sep 29)
- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? Depp, Dennis M. (Sep 29)
- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? Ben Huntley (Sep 29)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? ~Kevin DavisĀ³ (Sep 30)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? JGrimshaw (Sep 30)
- Re: Student-Degree valuable or not? ~Kevin DavisĀ³ (Sep 30)
- RE: Student-Degree valuable or not? Randy Golly (Sep 29)
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