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I’ve done IT. I’ve finally mastered IT (couldn’t resist 😁).

I’ve been in school (part time) since 2019 working my way to this day. Now that it’s here, I’m both super excited and a little anxious. Now what do I do? 🤣

Anyway, thank you for reading and have a wonderful day!

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[-] tiefling 34 points 9 months ago

Oh good, I've been having issues with my YouTube and need someone to take a look at it

Opens Apple Music

[-] IMongoose@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

When you are done with that, I can't login either.

Shows windows desktop

[-] jemikwa 15 points 9 months ago

What does a masters in IT get you? The moral dilemma of end users deciding to open a ticket or walk up to help desk? A deep dive into the public clouds?
Jokes aside, as a sysadmin, I'm genuinely curious

[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Probably jumpstarting your career, after a few years it doesn't really matter anymore, but in those first years in a field you'll probably get a bit further.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

At my job I can’t move up without a masters.

[-] jemikwa 3 points 9 months ago

Seems a bit in depth for a starting point. An associate's or bachelor's seems more fitting. Master's is for deeper dives into areas of expertise, from what I understand.

[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

In my experience its more about learning how to dive really deep into one subject, but you'll have many subjects in your life and applying those learned skills to your work.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Mine got me a job at Microsoft and a 30% pay bump. Even now it gets me additional push when moving jobs. It's a lot of experience and knowledge that builds your skills beyond the technical so that you can communicate with non-technical people (e.g. sales, management, accounting, etc.).

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 9 points 9 months ago

Congrats! 🎉

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

What do you do with a masters in IT? I’m assuming teaching?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I’m going to use it to move up in my job: management most likely.

Congratulations!

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

You're welcome. I did the same too recently (just not as a tech).

[-] Sandbag@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

What program did you do and where?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

It’s the MS in IT, with a concentration on Human Computer Interaction, at UNC Charlotte.

[-] Severian@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

The Human Computer Interaction concentration sounds so interesting. I took a couple courses on UX when I was in school and it was really cool to study.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It was super fun. A lot of labs where we got to work on prototyping, presentation, and one class was all about 3d modeling/printing, laser cutting, and working with Arduino. I think that was my favorite (and second most difficult class).

[-] Elaine@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Way to go! Congratulations!

[-] pelya@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago
[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Master? Nah. I know enough to be dangerous. But I’m still weak on pointers (pun intended).

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Congratulations!

[-] Servais@dormi.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Congratulations !

[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Congrats, part time must have been hard. Now you can be proud of you and work on that Swift stuff and many other languages because I believe it’s good to have a basic knowledge of what exists out there. Have fun.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That’s a good point. I stopped doing it for a while now so I could focus on school and other aspects of life. Might be a good time to take it up again. Got any interesting ideas for an app? 😁

[-] Sangw3n@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

Not a grammar-heavy degree, huh?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[-] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Leave my grandma out of this!!

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