Computer Skills Or Other Paying Positions
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Computer Skills Or Other Paying Positions
I'm young, in college, and have recently got a dose of reality. I realize when I get out I may not be able to get a job based off what I know and if I do it will probably be unrelated.
I figure since I'm not working, instead of putting 8 hours a week at some low pay job, it would be a better investment to learn a skill that pays.
I'm at an age where I am committed to follow through with a course of study, so I am wondering what are some skills I could teach myself that would result in having a dependable middle class (or better) income.
I know of a few things.
Network Administration
JAVA Programming
Advanced Web Design
what else...? Anything in high demand?
I figure since I'm not working, instead of putting 8 hours a week at some low pay job, it would be a better investment to learn a skill that pays.
I'm at an age where I am committed to follow through with a course of study, so I am wondering what are some skills I could teach myself that would result in having a dependable middle class (or better) income.
I know of a few things.
Network Administration
JAVA Programming
Advanced Web Design
what else...? Anything in high demand?
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I found this website, but I don't know the marketablity of a lot of this stuff. I just want to spend the next few months to 2 years learning something that will allow me to make money.
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Re: Computer Skills Or Other Paying Positions
Get some certs can do programming for a living. It takes years of IT work to get to be a network administrator, and web designers are a dime a dozen these days.IiLuSiv wrote:I'm young, in college, and have recently got a dose of reality. I realize when I get out I may not be able to get a job based off what I know and if I do it will probably be unrelated.
I figure since I'm not working, instead of putting 8 hours a week at some low pay job, it would be a better investment to learn a skill that pays.
I'm at an age where I am committed to follow through with a course of study, so I am wondering what are some skills I could teach myself preferably in a non-construction field that would result in having a dependable middle class (or better) income.
I know of a few things.
Network Administration
JAVA Programming
Advanced Web Design
what else...? Anything in high demand?
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Getting some PHP & MySQL* knowledge under your belt would compliment your current skills. Web Applications seem to be quite 'in' right nowI know of a few things.
Network Administration
JAVA Programming
Advanced Web Design
*substitute your favourite relational database and web scripting language here.
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PHP is for n00bs. 9 out of 10 |-|4><0r5 agree that Ruby on Rails is l33t. Or so Leo Laporte would have us believe.
What is the deal with C Sharp and .NET, someone was telling me these were hot.
As far as Java goes, if I get certified, how do I go about getting a job, and what kinda paywage do you think they have. I've heard standard is 45 an hour, which doesn't sound bad at all.
As far as Java goes, if I get certified, how do I go about getting a job, and what kinda paywage do you think they have. I've heard standard is 45 an hour, which doesn't sound bad at all.
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I doubt you'd get $45/hour with just a JAVA certification, hell I doubt most CS students get that much right away.IiLuSiv wrote:What is the deal with C Sharp and .NET, someone was telling me these were hot.
As far as Java goes, if I get certified, how do I go about getting a job, and what kinda paywage do you think they have. I've heard standard is 45 an hour, which doesn't sound bad at all.
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That doesn't always matter.SuperMegatron wrote:I would think 45 in California would be a starting wage. The cost of living is so high out there.Thomas wrote:I doubt you'd get $45/hour with just a JAVA certification, hell I doubt most CS students get that much right away.
http://www.diversityworking.com/career/ ... loper.html
The majority of those salaries are people with Bachelors in Computer Science/Engineering and the average is barley around $45/hour (when broken down to hourly).
I'm sure you can go far with JAVA stuff, but don't expect to make close to 6 figures with just a certification and not a computer degree along side it.
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yeah, PHP is for noobs. I dont know ruby on rails, but i am a Sun Certified Web Component Developper, and if you want to set up any type of serious web app, PHP is gonna make your life hell compared to servlets/JSP in a java based web app.Roofus wrote:PHP is for n00bs. 9 out of 10 |-|4><0r5 agree that Ruby on Rails is l33t. Or so Leo Laporte would have us believe.
if you are serious about going the java route, you should look into SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer, exam 310-055, which i happen to have ), that is THE starting point if you want any java certifications
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