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Right now, experience trumps everything. I got my last 2 gigs because of work experience, not certs or a degree. I haven't stepped foot in a college since i graduated high school in 2005. One of my friends graduated high school in 2002..went on to geek squad for 2 yrs, got his A+ then got a field tech gig. After that he moved on to help desk..got his Network+ & Security+ and got himself a desktop role that involved minor networking. With that job, he got a vmware cert, some microsoft certs & a couple cisco certs....right now he's in a mid level network role making 120k. No college. A degree is cool to have and all but it's not needed to succeed in IT. If you're on a good team, you could learn everything you need to on the job.Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
Originally Posted by mondaynightraw
I disagree
The only thing people care about now is work experience. Degrees and certs are used as prerequisites, work experience is used to make the decision.
In the VERY long run work experience matters but in a IT degree will make you more well rounded and is better than getting a bunch of entry level certs. Plus University always have career connections.