Anyone here have IS degrees?
How far did it get you?
Allahu akbar
>>52160637
Flipping burgers part-time...
:(
MIS here. Graduated at 23 making almost $80k. Great fucking field man.
>>52160665
My college only offers an associates in IS.
How far will an associates and a few certs get me?
>>52160665
Also, could you tell me a typical day for you. How much coding do you do? You work on servers? You on the phone?
>>52160681
I honestly have no idea how far an associate's will get you. Try your hardest to get an internship and a like Security+ or CCNA and you should be golden. Remember internships and degrees always look better than certs.
>>52160736
I been looking at jobs and been seeing ''Degree not required with 5+ years experience''. So it seems like IT is a place you get grand fathered in.
>>52160693
I landed a job as a Sr. Business Analyst at a fortune 500 company. In that role I do absolutely minimal coding and work with setters directly. I mitigate (by delegation) all internal vulnerabilities on about 20k servers and devices. I spend my day trying to figure out ways to show the In flow of vulnerabilities and increase remediation speed.
>>52160765
Oh yeah get those internships get that experience. Certs are only needed for management not really entry.
Bump for my fellow IS bros
Rejected at Geeksquad. Accepted at staples.
>>52161345
What qualifications did you have?
Not IS, IT/Business minor (same diff). Will be getting into a lucrative consulting position very soon. Still got a year of school left to go though.
MIS here, age 25, making $92k/yr.
>>52160637
Not far if I don't network. Marketing oneself is the hardest thing.
>>52160637
kill yourself
>>52161495
I can take a 9-incher no problem.
>>52160637
I have an IT degree, pretty much the same thing as an IS depending on the college. Though mine IS was more of a business centric degree.
Still I'm two years out of college right now. I've worked in two service desks since then. :)
That smile is because I realized I've accomplished nothing. Meanwhile I see classmates who are network engineers at fortune 500 companies that graduated around the same time I did, a semester off. I can't even use the excuse at went to a second or third choice school now.
Just have to keep going and trying to gain more knowledge and hopefully move into something better next year. I really hope so, please, please.
>>52162198
network engineer?
With what?
>>52162198
>Meanwhile I see classmates
Delete your Facebook account, dumbass, and then keep doing your thing. You will be much happier overall.
Got the degree last year didnt get a job untill bout 6 months back. £21k and shit shifts 6am 6pm rotating 2/5 working days a week every second week. Shit people and shit duties looking for new jobs right now hopefully will get something better in next few months
Don't have a degree, systems engineer in the one of the highest pay grade teams in a large software company. 110k/yr working remote from cheap as hell Midwest. My Bay Area coworkers are making 150-180k. I've made it very far without a degree and I feel I'm very lucky. I would have made it this far in a lot less time if I had a degree I think, given the same fortunate opportunities. I'm 35 btw.
