Object-oriented architecture?
I think, RAD, RAILS, whatever, that a really really solid OOD background will do you good. Nothing I've seen makes me think the next design shift will throw away the basics of OOP, any more than OOP eliminated the basics of procedural programming. You still learn all the same concepts, it's just now you have this other set of concepts to go on top and guide you and make what you're doing better. There's a reason C++ was going to be "C with classes".
Distance learning is good but actual classes have the advantage of someone there to ask questions of, in class. Many professors these days will tape their lecture and put it up for the distance students to learn. It depends! If you're thinking of going back to a 'real' university for the purpose of getting another degree, or making networking connections, then go in person. If you 'just' want to freshen your skills and your resume, then distance learning might cut it.
1. Are they setting us up for Jack to spend a year and a half in a Russian prison?
2. Are we gonna see more of Martha than just her picture? Can we assume that what Logan really wants is Martha back?
3. They sure do treat President's as disposable. I don't think Palmer is dead, but still.
4. Shouldn't Karen's plane have made it to L.A. by now?, and
5. I still don't like Tom Lennox.
Wife missed it last night 'cause she had to go to a business dinner. Would be nice if I could bake her some cookies. But I don't have a recipe.
So, there's that.
On the other hand, if I go to UT, I can work on the master's ...
On the third hand, I think my contract is gonna go very long-term --- as in, 30+ hours a week at least through the summer and possibly into the fall, if my customer wants the E-Commerce Site of the Gods, and I think he does. At the end of this, I will have learned lots and lots of Web and SQL Server and Crystal Reports and ASP and (maybe) XML stuff. Don't know if I want to try both school and this (nearly) full-time job.