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[Conspicuously Absent]

We're here 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 10 months. The average night yields about 200 pages of reading anight per course. (you don't read, you get raped on the test). Thats not including studying. No factor in a 2 hour commute (at least) each way, and that means 12-13 hours of my day are gone. Figure 5-6 hours of homework/studying/reading and that leaves about 5 hours for sleep(assuming I don't stop to eat, scratch, piss, etc so it works out more like 3-4. After a while it gets a bit sickening. No time for fun. Most of the time on weekends we're given essays and other homework assignments to do (not to mention reading and studying) that also fill up those times.

Beyond studying, there are also hands on practical lab exams. That said, after 2 years of hell, i'm done (end of june). Finish off my certification exams and I'm employable.

 

[Doom]

That does sound pretty crappy :\

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

told ya. and if anyone suggests that I shouldn't bother reading the material... ask anyone who knows IT, you can't just guess this shit.

 

[lizard]

Yeah the brain dumps I've looked at are pretty specific.

I've got a buddy who's. Cisco engineer. Unfortunately he's over in Iraq

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

yeah. the written exams make those brain dumps of the online stuff seem easy. page long scenario questions. Insanely detailed questions, all sorts of glorious stuff.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

man that would not be worth it at ALL to me...good for you for sticking it out though

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

well... it's worth it because when its done, I can walk right into a very nice paying job, with almost infinite options in variety, job advancement, global placement and shit like that.

 

[lizard]

yeah my bud was telling me about the cisco cert with the TWO DAY exam, that sounds ... grym. but well paying.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

ohhhh... thats CCIE... those guys design your network. They practically write their own paycheck. Thats one level above where I am. I have 4 2 hour cert exams to write for mine. one on routing protocols, one on switching (multilayer switching), one on remote access/WAN/dialup technologies and methodologies and the last one is a troubleshooting exam.

edit: btw... CCIE's are incredibly nutso smart and shit. I'm never going to be one, or at least, not if I have any say

 

[lizard]

my friend is what you're studying for. he was making a pretty good salary, way above his Major pay in the army reserves. plus, in iraq, people try to kill you.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

yeah, i have friends who work for cisco, starting around 50-70K US plus benefits roughly. Theres room to move up from there as well. That's pretty nice, imo.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

education schmeducation, i'd rather stick with good ol' nepotism

 

[Crimson Velvet]

@CA: And yet you find the time to post here fifteen times per day...

 

[Hell Mike]

yeah who needs sleep anyway

 

[KILL TULLY]

I might go back to school in Anchorage Alaska or St. Croix USVI, hmmmmmmmm.

 

[lizard]

last night I thought about my curriculum and decided to try one of my most valuable collegiate lessons...removing a non screw-off beer cap with a door key.

it's like riding a bike; you never forget! Who needs a church key??

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

@CA: And yet you find the time to post here fifteen times per day...

I post in the morning cause I have some time while i'm waking up. I post at school cause the lecture is useless and theres often waiting during labs for the dumbfucks I work with to catch up. At home, I post when I take a break from studying because where I'm living, I have fuck all else to do.

 

[dorian gray]

my gpa was in the 2s somewhere. maybe a 2.8 or something hahahaha and i still make >$70,000 a year. college is somewhat useless imo. i learned almost everything OTJ. good job to you guys with high GPAs though.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Yeah, I got nothing out of college beyond a peice of paper, access to lab equipment and references/job referrals.

 

[dorian gray]

not going to college is a huge mistake but i sure wish it could be streamlined so as to not waste so much time. granted, i didnt experience the kind of school that say, cthulu, goes to. he seems to really enjoy himself. i just went to labs, lectures, and hospitals. i learned almost nothing.