I'm going to be 40 in August. I would say I am at a mid career level job. Systems Engineer for a government agency.
I have about ten IT certifications of all kinds, and about 15 years experience in Sys Admin and DevOps, and even helpdesk boiler rooms.
The next step up for me would be management of a team of administrators, and about a 30 percent pay raise.
They are lining me up at work to get that job, as the current manager is retiring in a few years. I shadow him most weeks.
I have an associate's degree. Most of the administrators I could be supervising have Masters degrees.
My wife just joined the Federal workers union. She is a Fed.
Her union is offering free bachelors degrees for spouse or family, if you have X amount of credits or an associates degree.
Or if you have no college, they offer free associates degree.
College is accreddited school out of Ohio, fully online.
Program is Business Administraton Bachelor's with Management in Information Systems concentration.
I never really liked college or school due to social anxiety when I was a kid. Now I'm a total different person and really am ready to embrace it and feel that I could do really well in it.
Anybody go back to school later in life? I probably don't have to do it, but it would be a good accompishment for me, and honestly would keep me out of trouble, and give me something additional to keep myself on track.
I have about ten IT certifications of all kinds, and about 15 years experience in Sys Admin and DevOps, and even helpdesk boiler rooms.
The next step up for me would be management of a team of administrators, and about a 30 percent pay raise.
They are lining me up at work to get that job, as the current manager is retiring in a few years. I shadow him most weeks.
I have an associate's degree. Most of the administrators I could be supervising have Masters degrees.
My wife just joined the Federal workers union. She is a Fed.
Her union is offering free bachelors degrees for spouse or family, if you have X amount of credits or an associates degree.
Or if you have no college, they offer free associates degree.
College is accreddited school out of Ohio, fully online.
Program is Business Administraton Bachelor's with Management in Information Systems concentration.
I never really liked college or school due to social anxiety when I was a kid. Now I'm a total different person and really am ready to embrace it and feel that I could do really well in it.
Anybody go back to school later in life? I probably don't have to do it, but it would be a good accompishment for me, and honestly would keep me out of trouble, and give me something additional to keep myself on track.