RE: Student-Degree valuable or not?

From: Seyberth Allan R Contr AFRL/VSIO (allan.seyberth_at_kirtland.af.mil)
Date: 09/29/03

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    To: Security-Basics <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:06:20 +0100

    My $0.02, as someone in a similar situation as yours.

    The knowledge gained during the coursework itself is less valuable than
    hands-on up to date experience.

    But

    As was said earlier, that degree is a checkbox for HR departments. Without
    it your resume will never make it past the first weeding down.

    For better or worse, I'm in the University of Phoenix IT plan. . . (the
    local university hates working adults.)

    -----Original Message-----
    From: DANIEL SIMPSON [mailto:DANSIMPS@uat.edu]
    Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:23 PM
    To: Security-Basics
    Subject: Student-Degree valuable or not?

    Hey,

    I just retired from a 4 year stint in Silicon Valley where I was a System
    Administrator/Technical Engineer for a couple start-ups. I started getting
    more and more into Information Security and finally decided to quit my
    boring job and move to Arizona to enter a 4 year program at a private
    university. I'm getting my B.S in software engineering with an emphasis on
    security. How valuable will this degree be and what are the forecasts for
    the job market in this field in about 4 years. The program is REALLY
    expensive and I cashed out all my investments/savings to pay for it (roughly
    10k a year). I might even go to law school afterwards. Is this degree worth
    the estimated 40-50k? I'm 22 btw, my dream is to work for Microsoft or
    Goggle for a couple years and start my own security firm.

    Any suggestions would be awesome.

    Dann

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