Employment after NTID?

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Hey everybody... checking in, been busy with college.

I'm seriously considering moving to Rochester to go to NTID. I'd really like to complete a 2-year to fast track entry into the IT field. I want to avoid a 4-year if possible.

However, I've heard that NTID students have a much harder time finding employment, due to perceptions that the education might not be as rigorous.

I want to ask if that has been your experience as an NTID graduate? Have you found it difficult to find employment with an NTID degree and do you wish you went for the four-year degree instead?

Thank you in advance for your insight. :ty:
 
On the other hand, there's the advantage of being able to network to find dhh friendly employers.
 
well.... as a graduate of NTID, During the summer, I had a Co-op with a company i selected during my first year out of 40 and after the responses, I had 2-3 interviews lined up, but one really stood out so i went to work with them. I was told some co-ops don't pay, but was lucky enough to at least collect some spending money. I went to the same company the next summer and then the next, however, after graduation from NTID, i expressed interest in transferring to RIT for an engineering degree, and the summer before I went, the boss informed me that they would not accept me again for another temp summer job the next time i went. It would either be permanent or nothing so I knew i had a job lined up if i didn't like what i saw over at RIT.

At the time, my Major @ NTID was an AOS program lasting 3 years. I wish it were AAS, but last i looked, it is now, so i'm sorta jealous, but you have the option of picking what classes you want to take, however the SVP program of NTID's pretty much determines where you start as they test you on math, reading and English.

Rochester isn't a bad place to be last i checked. =)
 
JDHammer said:
well.... as a graduate of NTID, During the summer, I had a Co-op with a company i selected during my first year out of 40 and after the responses, I had 2-3 interviews lined up, but one really stood out so i went to work with them. I was told some co-ops don't pay, but was lucky enough to at least collect some spending money. I went to the same company the next summer and then the next, however, after graduation from NTID, i expressed interest in transferring to RIT for an engineering degree, and the summer before I went, the boss informed me that they would not accept me again for another temp summer job the next time i went. It would either be permanent or nothing so I knew i had a job lined up if i didn't like what i saw over at RIT.

At the time, my Major @ NTID was an AOS program lasting 3 years. I wish it were AAS, but last i looked, it is now, so i'm sorta jealous, but you have the option of picking what classes you want to take, however the SVP program of NTID's pretty much determines where you start as they test you on math, reading and English.

Rochester isn't a bad place to be last i checked. =)
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Glad to hear that employment isn't a problem. What's the difference between an AOS and AAS? It's it time to completion? 3 years vs. 2 years?
 
Well, no guarantees. IT field is pretty much advanced so fast, which can result that your studies becomes outdated once you graduate. Others, well I see some have success. I can't decide for you BUT, based on my experience NTID is great school and I sure wish that I finish few more credits to get AAS degrees. What is the best part is that I took most of major related courses that leads me find a job within field. I was too focus on networking stuff back then and my employment has a lot to do with networking. NTID is not the only school that helped me find job. What really helped me is start work somewhere for example I started work at Pizza Hut doing dishes. I hate this job with passion but I just do it. It leads me to better job, then it leads better job until this job I have. Nobody promised me this so here I am.
 
DeafBadger said:
Glad to hear that employment isn't a problem. What's the difference between an AOS and AAS? It's it time to completion? 3 years vs. 2 years?
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My apologies ... If i recall correctly (iirc):

AAS = Associates of Applied Sciences
AOS = Associates of Occupational Sciences

If i'm wrong, will someone please correct me on that, thanks.

They were both 3 year programs, except I could not transfer my credits over to RIT after getting my AOS @ NTID.

Probably something you need to look into if you want to transfer credits to RIT.

Do be aware: some people aren't as lucky to find jobs after NTID so it all depends on what you want, where you are willing to go after NTID, so best of luck to you! =)
 
The IT field is saturated.

I graduated from NTID with an AAS in Electro-mechanical technology (doesn't exist anymore).

If you want to work with computers, do some block programming via Visio, and like to troubleshoot basic electrical devices, check out the building automation controls field. There is a college near State College, PA that has graduate courses in BAS/DDC systems. Just about every HVAC company is looking for people in that field.

I've been working in this field for the last 24 years. PM me if you have other questions.
 
I graduated Computer Science from RIT and taught CAD technology at NTID. Now that I'm MIS (Management of Information Technology). To be honest with you that I see you are looking for "fast track" or poster said about not able to get credit transfer from NTID to RIT or whatever. The most important is your ambition. Right now the biggest concern is cyber-security. This involved network engineering, network security, and network security programming. Those kind of jobs are very demanding and trying to fill those positions. So, if you decided go to RIT, then take Networking and System Administration. Then you can eventually take Network Engineer and so forth. There are many job opening position for those fields... So, think about it, research yourself about the wealth of opening and the type of what you want to be, this is where you can set your ambition to complete your goal. You know?
 
I'm an 2011 alumnus at my university (won't say exactly due to reasons of privacy) in Info Tech.

There are benefits to holding a bachelors degree. For example, you can get higher paychecks than ones with associates degrees and/or high school diplomas.

Another perfect example is the job searching. I found some that prefer and/or require "bachelors' degrees and no work experiences at all *or* associates' degrees AND 2 to 3 years of work experience *or* high school diplomas AND at least 7 years of work experience."

Of course, if you get a graduate degree (Master's and Ph.D. - that have 500- to 800-level courses), then you'd get higher paychecks than undergraduate (associates and bachelors - that have 100- to 400-level courses) degrees. Most employers prefer graduate degrees because of complex problem-solving skills. I'm planning on going to graduate school later on.

My hearing completely-fraternal twin brother didn't go to college at all (well he did go to a community college last year for gen-ed courses but dropped out due to financial hardships) - and he told me all of his old HS friends (I knew them also) haven't went, either.

By the way, I have an employment recruiter (even hearing people have recruiters) that told me the statistics for all people with disabilities that are in employment NATIONWIDE. The percentage is shockingly low. Hell, I even knew some deafies that received only certificates and not real HS diplomas.

Sad, huh? I'm telling you, the job market is tough nowadays and IT jobs are no exceptions.
 
SneakerNet said:
I graduated Computer Science from RIT and taught CAD technology at NTID. Now that I'm MIS (Management of Information Technology). To be honest with you that I see you are looking for "fast track" or poster said about not able to get credit transfer from NTID to RIT or whatever. The most important is your ambition. Right now the biggest concern is cyber-security. This involved network engineering, network security, and network security programming. Those kind of jobs are very demanding and trying to fill those positions. So, if you decided go to RIT, then take Networking and System Administration. Then you can eventually take Network Engineer and so forth. There are many job opening position for those fields... So, think about it, research yourself about the wealth of opening and the type of what you want to be, this is where you can set your ambition to complete your goal. You know?
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I have to agree with that one because I read on the government article about a month ago. They are trying to hire young specialists for a cyber-security department. I may think that the recruiters are having a hard time recently. The real problem is that when they found and hired people to work in that department and it will be closed by the time you graduated from college. That is what happened to me when I was in my photo & ACT majors. My career was over and out of date in technology. It is so hard to find what are the best jobs in two or five years from now.

You really have to decide what do you want to do with your life when you go to college like a fraternity/sorority parties or a religious group instead of focusing in your career. That's entire up to you and your life. The parties can be fun - yes, but some of my frat friends didn't get a right job since 10 years, and some of them are on SSI. I'm not kidding. It's their choice. I'm not blaming them, and they are still my friends.
 
MDCodeRedFreak said:
I'm an 2011 alumnus at my university (won't say exactly due to reasons of privacy) in Info Tech.

There are benefits to holding a bachelors degree. For example, you can get higher paychecks than ones with associates degrees and/or high school diplomas.

Another perfect example is the job searching. I found some that prefer and/or require "bachelors' degrees and no work experiences at all *or* associates' degrees AND 2 to 3 years of work experience *or* high school diplomas AND at least 7 years of work experience."

Of course, if you get a graduate degree (Master's and Ph.D. - that have 500- to 800-level courses), then you'd get higher paychecks than undergraduate (associates and bachelors - that have 100- to 400-level courses) degrees. Most employers prefer graduate degrees because of complex problem-solving skills. I'm planning on going to graduate school later on.

My hearing completely-fraternal twin brother didn't go to college at all (well he did go to a community college last year for gen-ed courses but dropped out due to financial hardships) - and he told me all of his old HS friends (I knew them also) haven't went, either.

By the way, I have an employment recruiter (even hearing people have recruiters) that told me the statistics for all people with disabilities that are in employment NATIONWIDE. The percentage is shockingly low. Hell, I even knew some deafies that received only certificates and not real HS diplomas.

Sad, huh? I'm telling you, the job market is tough nowadays and IT jobs are no exceptions.
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I am kind of a little surprised about low percent of disabilities. The ADA is still not working since now because of the gov't reports. I really think that the corporations are looking for low paid group of healthy unemployees to be hired and layoff the high paid employees in every 4 to 10 years. This is not new to me because I worked for an insurance company and a few other jobs.

The problem is that some corporations are afraid of the disabilities that would sue the companies that are not meet their needs and discrimination. I am surprised that some are still discriminate them even they don't care about the discrimination laws. The ADA law permits the employees can sue as long as it is 25 or 50 employees. That's why it does not work.

In my opinion what I read in the article that some people with the disabilities need to shut their mouth not to complain about their job. Many people are not alone that they don't like their job. I mean that they wrote down to spread the news about how bad the companies are so that the companies won't give available job for them period. That's cruel. But, they need to think twice before they say something at work. Right?
 
webexplorer said:
I am kind of a little surprised about low percent of disabilities. The ADA is still not working since now because of the gov't reports. I really think that the corporations are looking for low paid group of healthy unemployees to be hired and layoff the high paid employees in every 4 to 10 years. This is not new to me because I worked for an insurance company and a few other jobs.

The problem is that some corporations are afraid of the disabilities that would sue the companies that are not meet their needs and discrimination. I am surprised that some are still discriminate them even they don't care about the discrimination laws. The ADA law permits the employees can sue as long as it is 25 or 50 employees. That's why it does not work.

In my opinion what I read in the article that some people with the disabilities need to shut their mouth not to complain about their job. Many people are not alone that they don't like their job. I mean that they wrote down to spread the news about how bad the companies are so that the companies won't give available job for them period. That's cruel. But, they need to think twice before they say something at work. Right?
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It's also b/c discrimination is RAMPENT. Also when they reduced the res schools, they broke the back of the disabilty networks......
 
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