And when was the last time you were on a college campus? You think it resembles in any way, shape or form what you experienced. It doesn’t.
I received my MBA in 2000 after going at night after working full time. I am not saying what the experience is just what the results are. It does not matter that the school is big government or whatever....the result is do you want to be successful in life or not. If you feel that doing an on-line degree will find you success then why not just purchase one of those degrees online that you can pay for without doing any work? It is about the same as doing an online degree. You know why serious employers will NEVER hire an on-line degree holder? Because most of the time they don’t even do their own work. You know how many times I heard, “Oh my wife does most of my course work on line because she stays home all day”....a ton! I know 100 percent I would Never hire an on-line degree holder. They are folks who want an easy way to get a degree.
How would you know a damned thing about serious employers. You work for the government.
Nuff said.
The entire world has changed since 2000 my friend. We have learned more new stuff about everything from smart phones to oil since 2000 than we had ever learned in all of world history before then. Stay in the dark if you want. You’ll never lose your government cubicle anyway. We’ll keep paying for your drone hood.
On line has replaced the entire travel agency industry, taking over insurance, purchasing, licensing, etc.....and yes, Big Education is going to be revolutionized too.
Again, government won’t, and you won’t, but you’ll be paid for. You are inside the wagon riding, not outside pushing....and your comments about business and economics over years proves it.
.......the result is do you want to be successful in life or not.
Another funny one. I went to COBOL school in 1883. Since then I’ve been a programmer, a DBA, a Project Manager and a Business Analyst. My income has been in six figures since around 1996.
No college whatsoever. College has its place, but it is not a requirement by any stretch of the imagination. And in a very real way it is really just a crutch for those that need it. It’s why the likes of Bill Gates and others didn’t need it.
Seriously. If you are mediocre, the shingle ads a bit of needed shinyness. But one can be even shinyer without it, based on a lot of factors.
In my career, every single one of the “superstars” I’ve met or worked with does NOT have a four year degree. Every. single. one.
Other than exams, I could have done the same thing for my on campus degrees. There were a few classes where the professor did some type of oral examination of a project (nothing like bringing in a circuit board and having the professor point at a wire and ask "why is that there?"), but other than that I could have easily dropped off someone else's work.
And why bother with a spouse doing the work when you can outsource to India? < /s>
We interview folks and decide from there. Bachelors Degrees are viewed as a commodity at this point and Masters are not far behind. Your assumptions regarding one’s education are just assumptions—and poor ones at that.
Congratulations on your degree. I hope you enjoy your safe middle-management position while it lasts. Always remember to stick to the well-worn gray path and never look beyound the curtain—there’s a scary world filled with strange ideas filled with people who think radically different from your herd!
The IT industry is filled with gatekeepers like you, but it has never been advanced by them.
If your writing is representative of what I'll get from an on-campus GW MBA, I'll pass. You consistently post poorly written drivel.
Prior to your post up thread, I would have guessed that you never made it through High School.
Of course, I'm assuming you are telling the truth about your MBA.
I have spoken to HR people who has on their resume a degree from the University if Phoenix, it goes straight into the trash can.