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Answer» Are there alot of jobs out there for people with a MASTERS in IT? What kind of work would one expect to be going into with this degree? Are the jobs available challenging?Do you have a master's degree, or is that your goal?I'm sure there is a place out there somewhere for someone with a Masters in IT.. If you have no actual experience in the IT industry, however, it might put a damper on it.. An experienced person with NO credentials is more likely to land a position over someone with a lot of credentials with no experience... But then again, it could go the other way around... Some businesses may require some degree of credential.. Experience can come from many places though, IMO... Aside from working at my college for over six months, helping in the IT department, I've engaged in LOTs of self-study, help friends and family, and help out here when I can... If you stick around here and are successful in helping people, you might be able to get a professional reference from CH Admin.. Quote from: Aegis on February 17, 2010, 08:34:42 PM Do you have a master's degree, or is that your goal? Its my goal. I WANT to get a bachelors at USF first and then go to another school for my masters(cant figure out which one but I got four years to choose right?). I like the idea of working for a company and maintaining servers. It sounds like a challenging job am i right?From my understanding most people with masters degrees are software / hardware DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS. I really don't think maintaining a server would require a masters degree. However, that being said there are extremely complicated servers (farms) that I would imagine are much more complicated and it properly would be beneficial to get as much education as possible. Often when needing to maintain servers it usually requires a good understanding of networking more than anything. Personally if you're set on getting your bachelors and not going for any type of certification. I'd shoot for that first and then see where you want to go once you've got that. For the most part, I think getting a Masters is overkill. Sure, it'll help, but it's not really necessary. Simply having a Bachelors can easily land you a six-figure programming job.Quote from: CBMatt on February 19, 2010, 05:35:14 AM six-figure programming job. six figures ? maybe I'll do that instead. I did pick up programming recently and find keeping up with the latest hardware, constantly, a bit boring.. With a few minor exceptions C++ doesn't seem to be that hard to understand so far..I'm not even talking about anything as complicated as that. If you get the right job at the right place, you can make a lot of money. I've seen companies offering about $180,000 yearly for JavaScript writing with a BS. Of course, this was before the economy went south, so these jobs are surely a lot harder to come by right now.jaw drops wow, that's a lot of money... In my view it should never be about the money but more about what you enjoy doing. Personally rather be doing something I love doing and not make much money then be doing something I absolutely hate doing but making a lot of money at. Also often when you make that much companies expect a lot. For example, my last corporate job paid very well but I and others were constantly working several hours into the night, and not getting anything for it since I was on salary and not hourly pay.I'll take the money and hate what i do... For a few years...at least.Yeah that's actually a good thought assuming the pay was really good.Honestly, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about general information technology. The reason I'm into it is because I believe it creates an enormous amount of independence. The world more or less revolves around computers these days, and in knowing a great deal about them, you can save your self a lot of money in repairs, be in a position to help your friends and family, and be able to find a job virtually anywhere computers are dominant, including other countries, although there may be a language barrier... I think that's what I like most about learning information technology, the independence it creates. If I'm going to be bound to the IT industry I'd rather be doing something creative like programming. I can definitely have some fun in that. I put off learning to program for a long time because if I'm going to find a job in the IT industry, it would be easier to be a repair technician or network assistant than a programmer, IMO, and learning all the hardware first will help in learning to program.. In a nut shell, I'm finally doing what I what I really want to do in the IT industry which is learning programming, and if I happen to make a "lot" of money doing it at some point, then that's fine with me.. Incidentally, if a company requires a BA as part of a programmer's qualification, I would only have a couple more years to put in, in college. I've already got an Associates degree in Electronics technology..

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Are there alot of jobs out there for people with a MASTERS in IT? What kind of work would one expect to be going into with this degree? Are the jobs available challenging?Do you have a master's degree, or is that your goal?I'm sure there is a place out there somewhere for someone with a Masters in IT..

If you have no actual experience in the IT industry, however, it might put a damper on it.. An experienced person with NO credentials is more likely to land a position over someone with a lot of credentials with no experience... But then again, it could go the other way around... Some businesses may require some degree of credential..

Experience can come from many places though, IMO... Aside from working at my college for over six months, helping in the IT department, I've engaged in LOTs of self-study, help friends and family, and help out here when I can... If you stick around here and are successful in helping people, you might be able to get a professional reference from CH Admin..
Quote from: Aegis on February 17, 2010, 08:34:42 PM

Do you have a master's degree, or is that your goal?

Its my goal. I WANT to get a bachelors at USF first and then go to another school for my masters(cant figure out which one but I got four years to choose right?). I like the idea of working for a company and maintaining servers. It sounds like a challenging job am i right?From my understanding most people with masters degrees are software / hardware DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS. I really don't think maintaining a server would require a masters degree. However, that being said there are extremely complicated servers (farms) that I would imagine are much more complicated and it properly would be beneficial to get as much education as possible.

Often when needing to maintain servers it usually requires a good understanding of networking more than anything. Personally if you're set on getting your bachelors and not going for any type of certification. I'd shoot for that first and then see where you want to go once you've got that. For the most part, I think getting a Masters is overkill. Sure, it'll help, but it's not really necessary. Simply having a Bachelors can easily land you a six-figure programming job.Quote from: CBMatt on February 19, 2010, 05:35:14 AM

six-figure programming job.

six figures ?

maybe I'll do that instead. I did pick up programming recently and find keeping up with the latest hardware, constantly, a bit boring.. With a few minor exceptions C++ doesn't seem to be that hard to understand so far..I'm not even talking about anything as complicated as that. If you get the right job at the right place, you can make a lot of money. I've seen companies offering about $180,000 yearly for JavaScript writing with a BS. Of course, this was before the economy went south, so these jobs are surely a lot harder to come by right now.*jaw drops*

wow, that's a lot of money...

In my view it should never be about the money but more about what you enjoy doing. Personally rather be doing something I love doing and not make much money then be doing something I absolutely hate doing but making a lot of money at. Also often when you make that much companies expect a lot. For example, my last corporate job paid very well but I and others were constantly working several hours into the night, and not getting anything for it since I was on salary and not hourly pay.I'll take the money and hate what i do...
For a few years...at least.Yeah that's actually a good thought assuming the pay was really good.Honestly, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about general information technology. The reason I'm into it is because I believe it creates an enormous amount of independence. The world more or less revolves around computers these days, and in knowing a great deal about them, you can save your self a lot of money in repairs, be in a position to help your friends and family, and be able to find a job virtually anywhere computers are dominant, including other countries, although there may be a language barrier... I think that's what I like most about learning information technology, the independence it creates. If I'm going to be bound to the IT industry I'd rather be doing something creative like programming. I can definitely have some fun in that. I put off learning to program for a long time because if I'm going to find a job in the IT industry, it would be easier to be a repair technician or network assistant than a programmer, IMO, and learning all the hardware first will help in learning to program..

In a nut shell, I'm finally doing what I what I really want to do in the IT industry which is learning programming, and if I happen to make a "lot" of money doing it at some point, then that's fine with me.. Incidentally, if a company requires a BA as part of a programmer's qualification, I would only have a couple more years to put in, in college. I've already got an Associates degree in Electronics technology..

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