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mtsgsd · 07-30-2003, 05:47 AM

I dropped out of college because my dad had forced me into a mickey mouse junior college that just sucked. Granted, I seemed to have really bad luck as far as choosing teachers but come on. I made it through classes without cracking a book or taking notes untill it was time for tests. You call that college?

I'm now a database admininistrator and making 70K a year.

Now the bad news.
That was mostly just being in the right place in the right time. If I had stayed with it and got a degree, I'd have been making that kind of money a long time ago. I'm 42 now. My company is closing and the platform I work on is going the way of the dinosaur. This means that I don't have experience in the right area AND no degree. Guess how much luck I'm having finding a job now?

Stick with it. It's amazing to me, but there are a lot of places out there that want a degree no matter what it's in, or how much REAL experience you have. I consider most public schools to be a waste of time and money, but that's the system and you're going to have to live with it.

07-30-2003, 05:47 AM	#16 (permalink)
mtsgsd Addict Location: Wisconsin, USA	I dropped out of college because my dad had forced me into a mickey mouse junior college that just sucked. Granted, I seemed to have really bad luck as far as choosing teachers but come on. I made it through classes without cracking a book or taking notes untill it was time for tests. You call that college? I'm now a database admininistrator and making 70K a year. Now the bad news. That was mostly just being in the right place in the right time. If I had stayed with it and got a degree, I'd have been making that kind of money a long time ago. I'm 42 now. My company is closing and the platform I work on is going the way of the dinosaur. This means that I don't have experience in the right area AND no degree. Guess how much luck I'm having finding a job now? Stick with it. It's amazing to me, but there are a lot of places out there that want a degree no matter what it's in, or how much REAL experience you have. I consider most public schools to be a waste of time and money, but that's the system and you're going to have to live with it.