I've enrolled in school with the intentions of using my degree to my benefit when i enlist in the Navy ...?

Question

however, somehow my program of study got switched around from Computer Programming to Computer Networking. it's the first week of school and i'm tempted to correct the mistake but i got to thinking and Networking seems like a much more practical degree. which would benefit me greater in the Navy, a degree in Computer Programming or Computer Networking?

Answer 1

either one will work, assuming you actually otherwise qualify for a Commissioning.

  but the Navy does almost ZERO programming.. that's all civilian contractors.  

but networking..lets just say they recently created a whole new officer community( and an enlisted rating) all about Networks and Network security.  

Answer 2

Actually I think networking will give you more flexibility.  Not every base needs a coder, but all the bases need a network guy.

OK:  programmers joke:  there are 10 kinds of people in the world:  people who can code, and people who can't

Good luck!  Hope you come to San Diego :-)

Answer 3

Most any B.S. degree will work fine.

Most of the officers that I have worked with had B.S. degrees or higher. Generally they were: Physics, Astro-physics, Nuclear-physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Accounting, and Law,

I have known many enlisted men who held degrees in geeking, though I have never known an officer who held a geek degree.

Code hacking and network tweaking are both enlisted jobs in the Navy.

Keep in mind that enlistedmen go back to school every re-enlistment to get another NEC. Sometimes we get sent to a school to pick-up additional NECs in mid-enlistment too.

I hold one NEC for code hacking, 2 NECs for Computer Systems Analysis. and 1 NEC for component repair. [As well as Intell and Law Enforcement].

good luck

Answer 4

you will do fine with both, but have you also thought about joining a rotc, they help with school and you will go in as a higher rank.  

Answer 5

Either one will serve you well. I would go with a computer Science degree.

Answer 6

A degree.

It doesn't matter what you get your BA/BS in, as long as you just have a four-year degree. However, correct the d**n mistake...that's NOT what you picked for your major!!