Computer Guru's....

[Womb Raider]

Go for programming. Get your OOA/OOD down by reading tons of books and immersing yourself into as much of the newest technology as possible. Distributed- XML COM CORBA - and of course JAVA/C++ as your base OO languages. Make your way up to Senior Programmer and eventually System Architect. After that you can contract and make shittons of money. There are alot of people who know OOP but very few who can effectively design and architect a large scale project. Get to know UML.

Programming rocks. It alows for creativity and it really challenges you to come up with unique solutions. If you really know what you're doing and are using design patterns you will be able to accomplish something in 1/10 of the time as your avg programmer.

I started out doing networking but i personally find it boring. Plus everyone and their mom is going for network certs.

JR Prog 40-60k
Sr Prog 80-100k
Architect/Team Lead +100K
Wizards do flat contracts ???? alot

 

[Troll]

I doubt anyone is getting 85K to start anything in the south.

Is dallas "the south"?

 

[john937]

Jae, good for you, but your situation is a bit unusuall.
There are NO contract positions for Oracle DBA here except for the 3 week - 3 month short term development gigs.
So what you make in high contractor rates you then lose in beach time looking for the next gig.
And full time Oracle DBA here would pay about 60-90K tops.

 

[Slice of Peach2]

Is dallas "the south"?

Nah...Southwest.

I saw a job for someone who knew Director and HTML that paid 80K. I know those.

Web development is the way to go, actually. Knowing the languages is a plus. Java, Java Script, ASP, JSP, etc. I am on my way!!!!!

 

[Troll]

i should've said "Isn't Dallas the south"

Go big D go.

 

[guards]

nothing right now........industry is going down


All those nerds are going back to being nerds

 

[Slice of Peach2]

i should've said "Isn't Dallas the south"

Go big D go.

McKinney is way out there!!!! You must have money!

 

[Troll]

actually, i'm living in a apartment. i graduated last May, went to work for a well know defense company up here. I hated it so I got a job in Irving. Now I'm stuck driving an hour down 121. if you have never had to experience 121, thank your god.
i'll be moving into my new home over in Little Elm at the end of July. I can't wait!
i don't have a lot of money, my wife works too. so that helps alot!

 

[Workin_at_it]

Hey Troll, we'll be neighbors. I'm building a house in West Frisco now. Can you say Elite Pool Party (if they ever finish the damn thing.)

From experience (20 years in the computer field) best paying field is without a doubt...

Technical Sales. Hard work. But commission makes $150,00-$250,00 reasonable. Some guys pull in close to $400,000

I did defense contracting, Embedded Telecom, Web Design, System Architecture, even startup CTO.

Sales pays the best (potentially). It can also pay the worst. Hard to start in this area though.

 

[Troll]

hell yea... i can swim.
my wife is trying to get a job in Frisco as a Police Officer. That will be cool, they pay pretty good.
When is your house expected to be completed?

About sales, the saying goes "the closer you are to the customer, the more money you make"

it's true.