Reply #5: IT [View All]

The future is in the Internet and other future iterations of the technology.

To ANYONE that is not having a good time in their field or wants a good career - look into an MCSE course. I had been waiting tables and wandering around the country with the Dead and Phish (not that I regret anything, but a 32 year old person with no real skill set or college degree is not very hire able for anything that will make good money) when I got tired of it. I took out a loan and took some classes.

That was 9 years ago. I can still smoke grass, drink and go to shows (no more three months tours, but I am getting too old for that shit anyway) and be the same irreverent asshole that I always was - while at the sametime being highly respected and well paid for my skills.

If you have an at-risk teen (I mentor to local at-risk teens), suggest the IT field. Most of the people that I have worked with over the years have been good, liberal folks. Only a few assholes.

Just my 2 Cents