please help.Greetings, For the last ten years I've worked on copiers and have become A+ certified and stuided for N+, but have failed it twice. I've seemed to have run into a block wall, as far as learning I.T. goes. I'm also currently on disabilty for work related injury and I don't know what type of work I'll be able to do. My questions are: Since I still have an interest in I.T., will a well rounded college program help me over come my learning problems and, should I pursue one,or not.? Will there still be good paying entry level jobs in I.T., in about three years? My other career choice is business, since I think I't's doable and will open doors, although is somewhat boring to me. So ,with your I.T. experience do you think I should try to overcome my weaknesses in I.T. and pursue a general Information Technology degree, or go with what might be an easyier one in business. anybody
There's more to I.T. than networks. A lot more. So if networks aren't your strength (they're not mine, either) figure out what is your strength, and run with that. A well rounded college progam will give you a lot more knowledge and skills across the entire range of I.T. Will it help you pass Network+? Maybe. Maybe not. But it will make passing Network+ a lot less critical to your future, in my opinion. Probably, unless one of these things happens: 1. There's a sudden glut of I.T. grads (not happening - recent articles indicate that people at the Bill Gates level are worried about too few people taking CS majors), 2. Employees stop advancing in their career, thus failing to create openings for new entry level people, or 3. Global civilization undergoes collapse for some reason, to an extent that would render I.T. either destroyed or useless. I.T. and business go hand in hand. The New York Times recently ran an article about how hardcore CS-only geeks are now less desirable than people who've studied CS but also have significant depth in another field, like research or business. If you find yourself in an I.T. department somewhere, the more you know about the non-I.S. aspects of the organization, the better you'll understand the "big picture" and the more valuable you'll be. Never one for hard choices like that, I'd suggest either an I.T. degree with a bunch of business coursework, or a business degree with a bunch of I.T. coursework. Either combination is a good one.
Thanks, This has helped,I can't really go wrong either way. I just need to find my niche and go with it.
