just wondering?

Crash · 01-26-2009, 07:52 PM

It's easier to get higher paying jobs in niche positions and niche industries than anything. The more broad the degree is, the less money you can expect. When a degree is targeted in a specific niche, that person holding that degree will be more likely to get that job than people holding a broadly aimed degree. It may be that the person can do the job, but maybe not as well as someone who's education targeted that niche intensely.

I was a network engineer for a LONG time and found that no matter how many idiots got their degrees in computer science, or got certificates saying they're MCSE, they didn't have the targeted education or experience I did so I got every job I wanted while they kicked up dirt wondering how I did it.

I recommend you pick a specific subject (one that is either very new or not very tapped) and you blitz-kriege the crap out of it. That way you're a monster in the subject when you go for a job. At that point, you can usually name your price too.

UCLA would have paid me 120K/yr 4 years ago if I wanted the job.

01-26-2009, 07:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Crash A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,853 Drives: 02 Corvette Z06 Rep Power: 591	It's easier to get higher paying jobs in niche positions and niche industries than anything. The more broad the degree is, the less money you can expect. When a degree is targeted in a specific niche, that person holding that degree will be more likely to get that job than people holding a broadly aimed degree. It may be that the person can do the job, but maybe not as well as someone who's education targeted that niche intensely. I was a network engineer for a LONG time and found that no matter how many idiots got their degrees in computer science, or got certificates saying they're MCSE, they didn't have the targeted education or experience I did so I got every job I wanted while they kicked up dirt wondering how I did it. I recommend you pick a specific subject (one that is either very new or not very tapped) and you blitz-kriege the crap out of it. That way you're a monster in the subject when you go for a job. At that point, you can usually name your price too. UCLA would have paid me 120K/yr 4 years ago if I wanted the job. __________________ 2002 Corvette Z06 - Totaled 2003 Corvette Z06 50th Anniversary