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Re: too old for college? I'm confused :(

From: damorgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:15:25 GMT
Message-ID: <3DE7A0A8.35E7D9@exesolutions.com>


Dr DOOM wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you finished your degree and you were then 24 or 25, would you say that's
> too old for a first IT job?
>
> gah..I've done this course (IT diploma in network engineering from TAFE) and
> can get one years worth of cross-over credit on a degree. The degree goes
> for 3 years. So instead of having to do 3 years, I'd be able to do it in 2
> years.
>
> Problem is, I'm currently 22....do you guys think this is too old?
>
> I'm trying to decide whether or not to just grab a basic IT job or hang out
> and work on completing this degree..(link takes a few seconds to load)
>
> http://www.spider.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Courses.woa/wa/selectMajorFr
> omMain?courseID=923
>
> By the way, if you scroll down, I'm looking at the Information Systems major
> : /
>
> ffs, I don't know what to do :(
>
> What would you do if you were in my situation?

Thanks for the laugh.

I have students in their 60s and they are going to get a kick out of the viewfoil next week when they read your posting.

22 too old? Unbelievable!

Daniel Morgan
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp Received on Fri Nov 29 2002 - 11:15:25 CST

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