Serious question

[mrpeanut]

would an associates degree in Computer Engineering Technology be useless?

I've been thinking about going back to school.
 
I dropped out awhile back when I realized a bachelor's degree in communications was going to put me in debt forever

A side note, for anyone actually interested, it turns out I'm still enrolled in the local community college from years backs. Here's a list of the programs the offer


Administrative Office Technology
Allied Health Programs
Art
Biology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Computer Studies
Coop Education & Career
Placement
Criminal Justice & Legal Studies
Dental Health Programs
Engineering & Technology
English
Foreign Languages & Cultures
Human Services
Library
Mathematics
Music
Nursing
Psychology
Physics
Rehabilitative Health Programs
Social Sciences

[splynt0r]

I would go for the sciences. But then again that's just me ...

[rbcp]

Have you talked to one of the school counselors about it?  They might have some good advice.

Maybe check monster.com and see what's really in demand in your area.

[mrpeanut]

After some research I've found that people in my area with degrees in this field make between 60 and 90k.

I figure all I have to do is not get a girl pregnant and I can go back to school and get another degree in a field that doesn't bore the shit out of me.

[mr_doc]

would an associates degree in Computer Engineering Technology be useless?

I've been thinking about going back to school.
 
I dropped out awhile back when I realized a bachelor's degree in communications was going to put me in debt forever

A side note, for anyone actually interested, it turns out I'm still enrolled in the local community college from years backs. Here's a list of the programs the offer


Administrative Office Technology
Allied Health Programs
Art
Biology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Computer Studies
Coop Education & Career
Placement
Criminal Justice & Legal Studies
Dental Health Programs
Engineering & Technology
English
Foreign Languages & Cultures
Human Services
Library
Mathematics
Music
Nursing
Psychology
Physics
Rehabilitative Health Programs
Social Sciences

Of the above, I think the best paying fields would be:
Administrative Office Technology
Business administration
Computer studies
Engineering and technology

Obviously the following would be low paying or hard to find careers in:
Allied Health Programs- Don't know what this is, but sounds like you would be a nurse's assistant?
Art- Not viable
Biology- Only if you are willing to continue this at a university
Chemistry-same as Biology
Coop Education & Career- Guidance counselor?
Placement- Guidance counselor?
Criminal Justice & Legal Studies- ITT and Bryman are churning people out for this field. If this interests you just save your money and become a cop, or major in something else and become a cop.

Dental Health Programs- To be a dentists assistant? You won't get a DDS from a community college, that's for sure.

English- To be an English teacher?
Foreign Languages & Cultures- Diplomat?
Human Services-???
Library- Librarian?
Mathematics- Math teacher?
Music- Not unless you are gifted
Nursing- Too many already. People who work in hospitals get sick eventually and have to find work elsewhere. You'll get TB or Hep C or some shit.

Psychology- Why bother unless you're going to continue this at a university? You won't get an MD here
Physics- Unless you're getting at least a Master's don't bother or you'll wind up a high school science teacher.
Rehabilitative Health Programs- Rehab counselor?
Social Sciences- Soft science probably won't pay well unless you get a specialized degree.

Choose whatever you're interested in obviously. Study your ass off. Go to any and all campus presentations by recruiters and you can score a job that way without really job searching and before you even finish. Keep your gpa high too.

If you have a communications degree already, you might want to apply to the CIA. They usually visit tech schools to recruit for Telecommunications Information System Officers (TISO). It pays around 50k to start and it sounded really cool. You can apply off their website I believe. You would need to pass an extensive background check though; I have a buddy that failed that.

[M-26-7]

Actually there aren't enough nurses in America. They're in currently high demand.

[mrpeanut]

My reasoning is simple

A bachelor's degree in anything liberal arts puts you into so much debt that you can't find a job

getting this degree will cost next to nothing and I'll probably have some help finding a job

after working a few years, I can return and use all my credits to go get a quick bachelor's

after that I work on the master's

I figure I'll have three different career paths by the time I'm 30

(or i'll play poker for a living)

[splynt0r]

Well , good luck to you man....

[mr_doc]

You should be a computer programmer. There's going to be a need for people to fix the y10k glitch

[Nod]

(or i'll play poker for a living)

Do you play on pokerstars or any of those sites? Or just casino?

[mrpeanut]

Just casino.

Who plays online anymore? It's pretty fucking hard to deposit money with all these new shitty laws.

(actually it's not a "new" law, rather a bill that clearly explains the position already held by the US towards online banking transactions)

[Nod]

There are still some sites that allow you to deposit. I believe doylesroom.com does. That's a decent site and it's owned by Doyle Brunson. I believe pokerstars.com still allows deposits too. If not there's always that swiss bank account.

[mrpeanut]

Bad news Doyle's room is closed to the US as of March 1st.

Unless you mail a check or use a credit card (most credit cards wont let you) Poker Stars is closed.

The only option is an epassporte account and Full Tilt Poker.

[Nod]

Full Tilt is that absolute drizzling shits though. I don't know who did their random number generator but I highly suspect that it's rnd command in basic. I've taken more bad beats on that site than when Jews were building pyramids.

[mrpeanut]

it's rigged!