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Career help! - Milk Bubble - 10-31-2007
So I've decided I'm going to sign up for an online degree at the University of Phoenix because it is very convenient for me and I'd like to get a career in Medical Billing or whatever because I heard it makes decent money and is not a hard degree to get. Does anyone have any experience in this field and would like to tell me some pros/cons of it? Or do you know of any other degrees that University of Phoenix offers that are good and easy? Also, has anyone here gone to University of Phoenix online, and if so what was it like? I mean, basically I just need to do something with my life and this is really my only option, so please don't give me any shit about getting an online degree :/. Anyways, help!
Career help! - Aqua - 10-31-2007
I can't say much about the university of Phoenix, but I can say that you should never get your degree based on relative ease. More than anything, you should look for something that interests and excited you, otherwise you're going to end up not even utilizing your degree and it's going to be a waste of an investment. If medical billing is your passion, then go for it.
Career help! - Raditzu - 10-31-2007
What is medical billing?
Regardless, my sister-in-law just started taking UoP online classes. I can ask her what she thinks about it and what kind of stuff they offer, if you want. Its not like I have to do much more than yell.
EDIT: Not trying to give you shit at all, but I gotta echo Aqua.
Career help! - Raditzu - 10-31-2007
http://www.phoenix.edu/online_and_campus_programs/degree_programs/degree_programs.aspx
If you haven't already, go there, choose "All Online Programs" for the "Select Location" drop down, filter by "Undergraduate," and choose "Select All" under "Filter Program Area."
They offer quite a bit. If you can handle working with people, it might be worth your time to look into something like the Bachelors of Science in Comm or Management. Both are very marketable and business classes really aren't that hard.
There's also some really cool stuff like "Criminal Justice Administration." Though, I will readily admit my bias for justice. I remember you saying that you were interested in coding; they have a few different Comp Sci degrees in there as well. There's some Health care, and most of the social sciences sound pretty cool to me.
And that's just for a standard undergrad degree. You have another handful of options if you're willing to just go for an associates degree. I just initially assumed undergrad because you don't strike as someone in a rush.
Regardless, all of the major options have links that give more information about that specific program. And I'm sure they'll have contact information for people who can be more helpful than a webpage. I've always held that five minutes on a phone can save you five days of emailing.
Just poke around, see what looks interesting. I found all of the above in, quite literally, about 30 seconds of searching.
Career help! - Kirano - 10-31-2007
I gotta echo my man Aqua too. He basically adviced you what I would have. I'm against people who choose careers for the simple reason that it will make them a lot of money. Do something you are passionate towards that will earn you a lot of money instead.
Career help! - Raditzu - 10-31-2007
Kirano Wrote:Do something you are passionate towards that will earn you a lot of money instead.
Not always a choice. Don't equate wanting to make money with excessive greed.
Career help! - Kami - 10-31-2007
Are those four year bachelors degrees or two year associates degrees you can get from that online university?
Career help! - Raditzu - 10-31-2007
Kami Wrote:Are those four year bachelors degrees or two year associates degrees you can get from that online university?
They offer both bachelors (which I referred as "standard undergrad degrees") and associates degrees, which was directly stared.
tl;dr ftw. =P
Career help! - Kami - 11-01-2007
oh dude nice
*stated hehehehe
Career help! - Raditzu - 11-01-2007
Damnit...
Career help! - Josh - 11-01-2007
It's better to try and get a job you like, as opposed to one that will make you money as you can quickly get tired of a job you dislike or only show up for to make money.
Career help! - Waffuru - 11-01-2007
I want to be a professional Canadian.
Career help! - Kirano - 11-01-2007
LoL! I'd only want to be Canadian for half a day max.
Career help! - Josh - 11-01-2007
Waffuru Wrote:I want to be a professional Canadian.
Okay, I'll train you.