Milhouse
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There is a long story to this, but I'll keep it short.
I just found out that I can't sit for a certification exam in my field because my undergraduate degree is not the correct major.
If you asked me before the economy went down the drain, I would have said I don't give a **** because I don't intend to do that forever, instead managing such things would be my preference. Hence, I have an MBA.
Now, I'm concerned as management has been cut substantially due to the economy, thus making me paranoid about job security for the next few years. Being certified would seem to add some job security and a level of career redundancy.
That said, I'm not sure that I'm all that willing to go to school again for something I'm not really interested in doing for much longer. My guess is that going to school part time to pick up sufficient undergrad classes to have the equivalent of a major would take me a while (figure 10 more classes, 1 per semester, so maybe 3 years). I would guess that the economy will recover quite a bit in 3 years. . . which perhaps makes all of that work irrelevant.
What would you do: spend the time and money on extra classes to be able to sit for the certification, or stay the current course and hope for the best?
I just found out that I can't sit for a certification exam in my field because my undergraduate degree is not the correct major.
If you asked me before the economy went down the drain, I would have said I don't give a **** because I don't intend to do that forever, instead managing such things would be my preference. Hence, I have an MBA.
Now, I'm concerned as management has been cut substantially due to the economy, thus making me paranoid about job security for the next few years. Being certified would seem to add some job security and a level of career redundancy.
That said, I'm not sure that I'm all that willing to go to school again for something I'm not really interested in doing for much longer. My guess is that going to school part time to pick up sufficient undergrad classes to have the equivalent of a major would take me a while (figure 10 more classes, 1 per semester, so maybe 3 years). I would guess that the economy will recover quite a bit in 3 years. . . which perhaps makes all of that work irrelevant.
What would you do: spend the time and money on extra classes to be able to sit for the certification, or stay the current course and hope for the best?
