What do you guys think? Asheville, NC relocation
So, this might be a bit long. I am going to try and keep it short and to the point. But I was hoping to get some opinions, maybe get lucky and have some people that might be in the Asheville, NC area.
For about a year or so, I have had the very strong desire to relocate from extraordinarily hot Birmingham, AL to a cooler, more laid back Asheville, NC. From what I can tell, the IT jobs are a lot less common there and are more MSP based.
I keep a watch on specific job boards to see what the market looks like in the area constantly, with my real intention being relocated when the right position pops up and if I were to be offered it. I like to think I have been pretty successful thus far in my IT career, I am 23 and have been in the thick since I was 19. In that matter of time, I have progressed from a Helpdesk tech to a Server Engineer. I feel like I am a good interviewer, I am batting 1.000, in a sense that every interview I have walked into, I have been offered the job.
However, the position I found has the "Required Education" listed as a BS degree. I did a few semesters of community college, but I conveniently enrolled in WGU earlier this month, before this posting popped up and have started classes. My dilemma, is that I don't know how strict they actually are on educational requirements. I wasn't sure if I applied now, without a degree in hand while it so clearly says required, if that would possibly mess up my chances in the future of applying and me being "overlooked". I had every intention to bust it this term and finish in one 6 month set, but that was before I knew I had right under 100 credits, so now I am looking at more of a 2 term, 50cu split thing so I'd have degree roughly this time next year.
I don't know guys, what has been everyone's experience? I have never had anyone call me out for not having a degree, but I don't really know how strict any of the companies have been on degree holders. Seems like it is getting more and more common for them to overlook you without one.
On a side note, has anyone found a job in a place they wanted to relocate to and handled it that way? I know in my current position, people that had applied that were states away and wanting to relocate would be tossed away as too much trouble. Any thoughts on this?
