this looks like it's rapidly descending into 'what's the best fallback job?'
. but before it does, if no-one minds, i'll pop my tuppence in.
every degree has a shelf life of about 2 years. if you don't use it by then, you've probably forgotten most of the information, and what you can still remember will be obsolete. however, in that two years, it's a factor than can get your CV considered or moved up the pile. better hope it's got you a job in that time, because you'll have all those lovely debt's to pay off
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once you have secured employment, it's how you perform in that job that becomes you primary selling point to the next job, and so on. like the saying goes, you're only as good as you last job. when i finally get my licence
, i hope that whether on not you have a degree wont matter one iota, in the same way when i go for a contract now, nobody cares whether you have a degree or not.
restarting an old career after 7 years will be hard in any career as most recommendation comes on work of mouth. however, it'll probably be a chuff site easier than breaking into aviation
imho, web site designing (see above) is to IT what feng shui is to building. remember, chick's dig UNIX.
coat on and outtahere