Graduates of online colleges, such as ITT Tech, DeVry, and University of Phoenix, were you able to find a job or did employers mock your degree? Employers, would you hire someone with these degrees?

Intelligent dumbass with an Associate's of Information Technology degree from the University of Phoenix online checking in!!!

UoP was the BIGGEST waste of money in my entire life (and I've spent money on some dumb shit).

Let me preface this by saying that I have been working with computers since I was a teenager in the 90s. Everything I knew before starting college had been self-taught. I never went to college because I decided that I didn't like high school when I was there, so why would I like college? Eventually, I decided I needed a degree, and online school might be a better fit for me than traditional school. It was, but I went to the wrong online school.

While I was still taking my online classes I started job hunting. Several employers wouldn't even interview me because my degree is from UoP, and almost all of the ones that did voiced their opinions about UoP.

I started to get desperate for a job. I wound up taking an intern-like job at a small business barely making more than minimum wage. The pay was shit, the hours were shit, I got treated like shit, it was part time, AND it was a 45 minute commute from home. I spent the first 6 months on the job reading error logs, installing Windows Updates, being the company gofer, answering phones, and whatever other odd job nobody else wanted to do.

I stuck it out because I needed the job, and it was loosely related to IT. I figured a few years here, and I could use that real world experience to find a better job. The owner realized that I'm a quick learner, and taught me some stuff about servers, networks, and other topics that UoP either didn't cover, or didn't cover thoroughly. After a year I was promoted to Technician. After 2 I was administrating servers, deploying upgrades, and I even did a couple server migrations.

The company I was working for was sold. I was worried that my job would be lost in the sale, but the company that bought us kept most of the employees. During the first few weeks there were some vaguely derogatory comments made about my UoP degree. 3 years later, and I'm now doing higher level work, and managing multiple networks for companies in a variety of industries. They even hired me back after I took another job that didn't work out.

TL;DR - DO NOT give UoP (or any for-profit school) your money. Find a different accredited online school that isn't for-profit. Most employers think UoP is a joke, and it is.

If you're interviewing someone from these schools, give them a chance. Not all students from UoP are idiots!

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