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College Search & Selection
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<p>ok, so now that i have your attention...here's the deal:</p>

<p>I'm 27 years old and work for at&t and NEED to get out of this job. I spent 2 years at western illinois university and another year & a half at a columbia college of missouri satellite school for business admin. </p>

<p>I think i know enough at this point to discern that:</p>

<p>A) Business administration degrees are a joke unless it's from a reputable university.
B) I haven't learned anything and do not WANT to continue business admin.
C) I want to work with computers</p>

<p>So, after considering that....i threw everything away (so to speak) and started going to Devry majoring in computer information systems. I'm working on my second class and realizing that its a very expensive school and right now in my life is A LOT to invest in....but in the long term well worth it if it gets me a job</p>

<p>I only have a handful of classes left in business administration at columbia college of missouri and could probably finish in less than a year if i went full time</p>

<p>SOOOOOOO</p>

<p>is it smart for me to just finish the business degree since i have already put so much into it and considering its much much cheaper to finish?</p>

<p>if so, is there an easy transistion to some kind of computer engineering or information systems masters programs, considering i have a large knowledge of computers and programming already?</p>

<p>or does it make more sense (in this economy especially) to just start over from scratch and do what it is i want to do and throw caution to the wind?</p>

<p>i'm pining over this question in my mind and would greatly appreciate anyone's input....especially people that have been in this situation before</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE</p>

<p>chris</p>

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<p>Finish the business degree at a tangible, bricks-and-mortar school. Don’t drag it out. Just finish the degree–even if it means finishing at night, while you’re still working. </p>

<p>Online for-profit universities are a joke and have no credibility in the working world. Stop taking classes there. </p>

<p>Once you have your degree, get out and get a job–preferably in the computer field, even if it means relocating. While working at that job, start taking night courses in whatever sub-field of computers. Both hardware and software companies generally don’t care about your degree, if you have the requisite skills. If you want to do software, start doing part-time coding on an open-source project.</p>

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<p>I agree with Duecey. Usually business degrees will have a few courses that will be useful to you. At some schools the information systems degree is in the business school. Take an accounting course - you may be able to do programming for accounting applications.</p>