I have been doing as you suggested, and playing with databases. I don't think that I'll be doing this as a job though. I'm basically retired and wanted to use my GI Bill for something I'm interested in, plus they pay me a monthly wage just to attend and passing grades. I am more interested in "Ethical Hacking" and figured this would be a good start. It helps that I don't need to actually work I can do shit I want to do.
Sounds like you got a good plan, I just shared the advice because it helped me out years ago.
I realized one year into college I was paying more not to work when I could be making more than I was paying if I just started working. I already had a couple of certs and started working databases for a local drink plant. Ended up branching out from there.
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