If you were to go back to school...

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Where would you go and what for? Given this economic climate, that seems to be the best option for a large number of us. What says you? :updown:
 


Don't go to school. The more you get paid, the more incentive there is to be laid off. If you can provide usefulness to the company without going to school, do that. If you don't have any skills.. well.. you suck at life.
 
The question was if you were going to go back to school, what would you go for. Not, "should I go back to school". Slinging rebill products and ringtones in your Mom's basement isn't the only way to make money.

d03boy said:
Don't go to school. The more you get paid, the more incentive there is to be laid off. If you can provide usefulness to the company without going to school, do that. If you don't have any skills.. well.. you suck at life.
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Everyone still needs healthcare and it's one of the very few areas still needing workers right now. If you have technical skills, there are a lot of areas in healthcare that you could take a crash course in and get your foot in the door somewhere.

IT is another one but you have to specialize there. If you are a helpdesk person, you're probably out of luck but if you have any development skills then you might be able to land something (think projects, not jobs on this one - and be prepared to travel). When companies start to lay off thousands, they reallocate funds to IT projects that help them further their automation because they still have to operate but now it's with less people.

An IT job in the healthcare sector is probably the best of both worlds. There's a huge demand in the enterprise right now for .NET/Java developers and anything to do with Databases (dev/admin) and software deployment/desktop automation.
 
LotsOfZeros said:
Everyone still needs healthcare and it's one of the very few areas still needing workers right now. If you have technical skills, there are a lot of areas in healthcare that you could take a crash course in and get your foot in the door somewhere.

IT is another one but you have to specialize there. If you are a helpdesk person, you're probably out of luck but if you have any development skills then you might be able to land something (think projects, not jobs on this one - and be prepared to travel). When companies start to lay off thousands, they reallocate funds to IT projects that help them further their automation because they still have to operate but now it's with less people.

An IT job in the healthcare sector is probably the best of both worlds. There's a huge demand in the enterprise right now for .NET/Java developers and anything to do with Databases (dev/admin) and software deployment/desktop automation.
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Especially if you have even the slightest background in medical billing/coding. Get a job for a few months doing medical coding and work it into your programming resume.
 
What I meant by my comment was that school is not worth it just to have a piece of paper. If you're not good at what you want to do, in a recession, it isn't going to help you. If you are good at something, you probably don't necessarily need a piece of paper to get you a job right now.


Luckily I'm in IT (software dev) and my girlfriend is in healthcare (nurse) so I think we've got our bases covered :)
 
I'd probably go and do some sort of structural or mechanical engineering course. $42b just got ear marked, with about 3/4 of that for being public building and infrastructure projects... Yet still no Maglev to Queensland :'(

bb_wolfe said:
Gynecology
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Dude, you realise that most women don't go on a whim. They go when they're sick, or when they're getting old and dry.
 
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