Spare time: studying (WGU) vs intership

tycar86

I am starting WGU BS:IT 1/1/13. I have 67 CUs to complete and I plan on doing this in 1 year. I work full time for an industrial electronics company (non-IT related). I have no formal IT experience except a few CC classes (OS, C, databases) and A+ cert. I have an opportunity to intern with a local IT company doing in-house work (repairs, upgrades, etc) on workstations for a couple nights a week. I make enough with my current wages that money is not a concern; spare time, however, is a concern.

So my question... should I spend all the spare time I have studying/working on WGU or should I build some hands on experience as an intern?

Thoughts? And TIA!

Ivanjam

@tycar86 - that depends on how readily you believe you will be able to find an IT job after finishing WGU with no experience. I haven't been able to find an entry-level IT job so I will be slowing down with the WGU stuff to pursue an internship, come the new year.

sratakhin

I would say do the internship. Experience means more than education when you just start in IT.

tycar86

That's what I needed to hear. Thank you both.

JayTheCracker

do both ??