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Originally Posted by minDyG
I don't have any inside information regarding this, just a thought I'd like to share...is there any way you could try to combine these 2 fields to find a career that would be more fulfilling for you? For example, my former boss's wife had a computer science degree, and she worked for UGA writing the programs they used to do bids matching. Basically (I believe, as far as I was told) she was a programmer for the Greek Life office. Maybe you could try to find something that would highlight your areas of expertise within an environment that involved more of your interests? Just a suggestion.
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I would be open to that. However the most common issue I run into is that unless its what I'm doing currently no one will hire me because of lack of experience in whatever role I'm interviewing for. I understand that they don't want to train because of time and effort and that it would be easier to have someone with experience because all they would have to learn was company/school culture. But if no one will hire entry level how do I get the experience? Also, if I go into higher education with no high education education behind me. One of (if not the first) question they'll ask is why aren't you working in your field. I may still get that question but at least a degree in higher education may show that I really want this and while they wil probably still ask why I want to do something else, it may not be as big of a deal. I don't know. I'm open to staying in IT but working nights has to go, corporate politics .....UGH!! and higher pay would be good too. Also, I should mention that I've almost hit the top of the pay scale with what I do now and I would prefer to interact with students and faculty and university personnel over jail staff, inmate families and etc as I do now.