Computer (type) courses...

conZ

Interested in taking on a computer course in college.
have general computer skills (mouse, keyboard and the like) and was wondering what would be the easiest, fun!, well payed, decents points course i could get in college?
Havent really a clue what i'm going to do so just looking for a bit of advice on your taughts on college courses.
Thanks.

Karoma

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Karoma

Originally posted by conZ
Interested in taking on a computer course in college.
have general computer skills (mouse, keyboard and the like) and was wondering what would be the easiest, fun!, well payed, decents points course i could get in college?
Havent really a clue what i'm going to do so just looking for a bit of advice on your taughts on college courses.
Thanks.

seriously? don't bother. unless you have an actual interest in computers don't waste yours and otehrs time simply because you heard there's money in them thar compootars. there's a substantial leap from "general computer skills" to what is required for most computer courses.
but if want to look in to it further...
http://www.tippinst.ie

[nicK]

Originally posted by conZ
Interested in taking on a computer course in college.

Originally posted by Karoma


seriously? don't bother. unless you have an actual interest in computers

em....of course he's ****ing interested! otherwise, he wouldn't have posted..

:rolleyes:

Karoma

Originally posted by Scrappy]-[Nick


em....of course he's ****ing interested! otherwise, he wouldn't have posted..

:rolleyes:

he said he was interested in a computer COURSE.

was wondering what would be the easiest, fun!, well payed, decents points course i could get in college?

makes me think that he's in it for money rather than a genuine interest.
:mad:

conZ

seriously? don't bother. unless you have an actual interest in computers don't waste yours and otehrs time simply because you heard there's money in them thar compootars. there's a substantial leap from "general computer skills" to what is required for most computer courses.

ahem..
did you actually go to college or just manage a job with an advertising agency?
Of ****in course i am serious. I just want advice from people that "ACTUALLY STUDIED COMPUTERS" on wether "THEY" liked it and if "THEY" taught it was a good course to choose...
I dont want any bull**** from outsiders like 'some' people, cos im not gonna get any genuine information on wether its a **** course or not!
Do YOU honestly think I would have been arsed posting here if I wasnt serious on studying computers??
:rolleyes: times infinity :rolleyes:
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Now, If any people who "ACTUALLY STUDIED COMPUTERS" " IN COLLEGE" would like to contribute "THEIR" views on "THEIR" college course, feel free. :

P.S. Totally agree with Scrappy there
P.P.S Karoma, I think you're a knob.

zAbbo

enough of this flaming

afaik computer courses come down to 2 sides the Soft Dev Side and the Sys Admin/ Apps side. Choose your poison.

Theres no easy course just ask anyone with a degree, but it depends on what side of computers you like. Also don`t go by the first year of any course as all first years are pretty handy.

Best of luck etc.

Ruaidhri

ok computer networking(degree) in carlow is quite difficult. you would need to be comfortabe with maths and physics as well as a good insight into win2k(or any windows platform)

also some knowledge of networks

Gaz

There is two real routes you can take

1: Collage ... going for the likes of a diploma/degree in programming or computer science etc

2: Certification, by this i mean depending on what area of computers interests you, you can do self study/evening type courses

example : The MCSE (Microsoft certified systems engineer), to become an MCSE in say windows 2000, you need to sit 7 exams (each called an MCP), with the MCSE certification and maybe a few years tech support expierience you could go for the likes of a junior network admin job.

Then if you want to specialise in a field that interests you you can go for futher exams , personnaly i am interested in networking so i did a course to become a CCNA (Cisco certified network engineer) it was expensive but looks good on the cv and proves you know what your talking about. The MCP certs are fairly common and dont stand out as much as the likes of a CCNA , after CCNA i plan to get the CCNP (4 exams) and after the CCNP cisco's top qualification is the CCIE. The average CCIE earns anywhere in the region of 40-70 grand a year.

Hope that helped , any futher questions just ask and i'll do my best.

sceptre

Nice post Darth Homer.

If you're really not sure what you want to do, doing some kind of general course in college might be the best option. Most of the college courses are geared primarily towards programming rather than sysadminning but it's a useful base nonetheless. Going for the MS exams first may put you in the situation where if you wanted to change your mind and go the programming option you'd have to go back to square one and do the regular college course (not really back to square one - you would have your MS or Cisco qualifications - a good qualification if you know what you're doing* and manage to get some experience).

What age are you, ConZ - are you still in secondary school or looking for a career change?






* there are, regrettably a number of MSCE-qualified people who still don't know what they're doing or how to do it