WGU for IT Security Degree? Calling all IT guru's

[stretcharmy]

Hardware/software can be a long term career. That said, he will run into two problems. The first is that money is going to be capped pretty low for your helpdesk kind of roles. The second issue is that ten years down the road people are going to start to wonder why he never progressed into more difficult and higher paying jobs and he may get passed over even though he is totally capable. The thing is with IT degrees really aren't required for non-management positions. You can be a consultant making six figures a year and not even have an associates. (your mileage may vary) Ambition goes a long way in IT. The number one trait I look for in employees is troubleshooting skills. Basic cognitive thinking is the most important ingredient. If you can't get from A to C without being shown B your not going to be able to keep up with the changes in technology. I can teach and employee anything, but I can't teach them to think. I digress.

A degree will insure that he will not get passed of for a position "if" they have that as a hard fast rule. Many jobs post "or equivalent experience". It's a numbers game. Have a BS beat out those that don't. Have a MS beat out those that don't. Have certs, beat out those that don't. Hiring has turned into a computational analysis done by software and not by people.