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Hello everyone I have question about a possible career/college choice in my possible future.
info on me* I am 23 years, and I currently work as a Intern/co-op at the national corporation Ergon as a IT/hardware tech. I am also going to school for Computer Service Technology(2 year associates program) , in which I like 2 more semesters. After I graduate I will be faced with 2 choices.
The Choices* One choice will be the option to go full time at Ergon as a full time hardware tech, in which I will earn 34K a year. The other choice will be to continue on to a 4 year school in which I will go after a bachelor degree in Computer Information Systems.
My Worries* Going with option one and working full time, I am afraid I would be stuck making 34K for a long time, and that is not what I want to happen, and I also do not want to stay a end user/hardware techie. I want to eventually move into a network administrative role.
The second choice is of course continuing on for another 2 years at school to get a bachelor in CIS. The Bachelor will of course open more doors, and leave me ready to move up into more advanced job openings. The downside to doing the bachelor is that I would have to continue to work on for another 2 years making low pay as an intern..
The ultimate scenario would be great if I could go to night class for a Bachelor in either computer science or CIS; but unfortunately none of the colleges in my area offer night classes for computer degrees as of now.
I do not like having to bother you all with this, but honestly speaking this is my last resort. My professor tells me to go ahead and take the job and states that " I can always get a Bachelor, don't ever turn a job down. My boss at work wants me to go full time because he knows I can knock the doors down when it comes to being an End User Tech. I have no one else that I personally know that can advise me on this other than the above stated people.
Personally I would love to take the full time role, but I also want to be able to move up in life.
I am very stuck in the middle on this issue to say the least. I know a bachelor is always the best rout, but them im left thinking " I can always get a bachelor"
Thanks in advance everyone
info on me* I am 23 years, and I currently work as a Intern/co-op at the national corporation Ergon as a IT/hardware tech. I am also going to school for Computer Service Technology(2 year associates program) , in which I like 2 more semesters. After I graduate I will be faced with 2 choices.
The Choices* One choice will be the option to go full time at Ergon as a full time hardware tech, in which I will earn 34K a year. The other choice will be to continue on to a 4 year school in which I will go after a bachelor degree in Computer Information Systems.
My Worries* Going with option one and working full time, I am afraid I would be stuck making 34K for a long time, and that is not what I want to happen, and I also do not want to stay a end user/hardware techie. I want to eventually move into a network administrative role.
The second choice is of course continuing on for another 2 years at school to get a bachelor in CIS. The Bachelor will of course open more doors, and leave me ready to move up into more advanced job openings. The downside to doing the bachelor is that I would have to continue to work on for another 2 years making low pay as an intern..
The ultimate scenario would be great if I could go to night class for a Bachelor in either computer science or CIS; but unfortunately none of the colleges in my area offer night classes for computer degrees as of now.
I do not like having to bother you all with this, but honestly speaking this is my last resort. My professor tells me to go ahead and take the job and states that " I can always get a Bachelor, don't ever turn a job down. My boss at work wants me to go full time because he knows I can knock the doors down when it comes to being an End User Tech. I have no one else that I personally know that can advise me on this other than the above stated people.
Personally I would love to take the full time role, but I also want to be able to move up in life.
I am very stuck in the middle on this issue to say the least. I know a bachelor is always the best rout, but them im left thinking " I can always get a bachelor"
Thanks in advance everyone