Technical school

byron66

Did anyone start at a technical or vocational school? How was your experience and did you count it as experience on your resume or used it in anyway to get a job? How are you doing now?

v1ral

I went to a local community college for networking since it was affiliated with Cisco's Network Academy program. I listed it as my education/course-work.

Im actually doing quite well, I graduated last summer and got a full time job a month before my graduation. Keep in mind I did do internships with 2 other companies in my city to get my feet wet in IT. I only got the internships since my school hooked me up with their connections in the industry. Im currently an IT technician for my city's transportation company. I do a wide variety of things from networking, server and desktop support.

jmasterj206

I went to tech school and got an A.A.S. in Information Technology. It served me well from Help Desk to System Administration. I did eventually run into a wall and had to get a Bachelor's for management positions and may have to get a Master's some day. No matter what you do experience is king in IT.

byron66

I definitely plan on going to WGU after school. But I do worry about not having experience. I should have an internship lined up next semester.

bender_fender100

I'm in business school right now studying information systems. I never went to a technical school even though a few years ago, I had been really close to attending one right near my home. I was looking into programming at that time, but then got more interested in accounting at first. I kind of have a few regrets about not doing it at the time.

byron66

I honestly wise I went to technical school instead of starting off in college. I feel more motivated about school now doing hands on projects than doing papers.