Degree or No Degree?

I am currently in college seeking an associate's degree in network admin. I will hopefully be A+ certified next week (passed hardware, preparing for os). I will be putting my degree on hold this summer to pursue my MCSE cert. My question is..should I drop my degree hopes completly? Are certifications enough for a great job in IT or does a degree make a difference?

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TryPingingTheServer

After carefully considering the time period in which this thread was initiated, I'm likely to conclude that the original poster is probably dead by now. Let's hope he earned his degree.

kaspiahn

TryPingingTheServer wrote:

After carefully considering the time period in which this thread was initiated, I'm likely to conclude that the original poster is probably dead by now. Let's hope he earned his degree.

Ha! That's a good one.

I feel a degre is not nesseccary to get a job. I have gottin by wifout a degre.
A degre is overated. Just get yer certifecations.

famosbrown

A degree is very valuable in sustaining in the industry, being flexible, and having an all-around skill set.

Many see I.T. as only Cisco and Microsoft Networking...I.T. is much bigger than that. There are many concentrations for I.T. A degree might be the deciding factor for an executive level position, or simply a manager dealing with the everyday tasks of running an I.T. Department or organization like managing a budget, forecasting, planning for the future, Earned Value Analysis (mostly in Project Management), and proving your worth using Business stats and terms (since traditionally I.T. departments don't make money and just consume), etc.

It's just a good way to keep your options open and prepare for the future. It looks like a 4 year degree might be the next high school diploma. Many organizations and companies are looking for college graduates so they can look good on paper..."Highly educated and professional staff."

Here is an article I posted in a thread I started after reading through the article.

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mediatec/cm0908/

LBC90805

What are you going to do for jobs that require you to have atleast a Bachelor's degree? If you don't have a degree?

Computer Science and I.T. and Admin degrees are fine and dandy, but you just can't beat having a Business degree in the long run.