Re: Certification choices

[William Fink <william.fink@charter.net>]

Yes...but an AS might get your foot in the door with a company that
offers tuition assistance.  Yea, the job may be a simple tape hanger,
but in the evening, you could be taking classes at WashU.

(sorry for the many replies to this non-technical question)
On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 09:03, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> At 08:26 AM 5/23/2003, you wrote:
> 
> >Oh yeah, definitely get at least an Associates Degree.  Most of the
> >large Enterprise IT shops are forbid to hire even the most amazingly
> >talented prospect if they don't have a degree.  And most of those
> >require a Bachelors Degree.  Any vendor certification should
> >compliment that.
> 
> You would be far better off pursuing a non-traditional BS degree once you 
> get started somewhere with your CIsco certification. Check out, for 
> example, Phoenix University (about the only fully accredited online 
> University I have seen), .. or I'm sure that the SIU campuses have online 
> options by now.
> 
> An AA isn't worth much towards degree requirements (which, as mentioned, 
> are almost always BS/BA)..
> 
>          Lee
> 
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>     Leland V. Lammert                                lvl@omnitec.net
>        Chief Scientist                         Omnitec Corporation
>    Network/Internet Consultants              www.omnitec.net
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