Then the answer to the question would be. It wouldn't be worth going to Ohio State. That's what I had decided.

Yes, I'm only 4 classes away from that BS in CIS and 2 from BS Math. There never was a question of going back to college or not going back. But as I said, the issue was if the extra year or more would be worth the name. Clearly it is not.

Boy, I do know full well certifications are even more important. I still have some things to learn. But, I could mass many of them blindfolded. The issue is where I work currently I don't even get paid on time. Sometimes over a month goes by before I get paid. So, it's hard to be able to afford to take them.

When I say "pretend the BS in Met doesn't exist". I don't mean I won't use it, but it's not of issue in what I was asking. I wasn't just going to settle for moving on.

My goal would be to use the degrees in combination and get a job doing something along the lines of what my friend does. Only it would fully involve the techincal side not forecasting as well. Basically I would like to work for the private sector, a college or the government specializing in meteorological systems and software. Overseeing the working of that network, adding new met software and gathering data from Unidata using programs like McIDAS, LDM, GEMPAK. Anything in the met field is run by someone cheap. So, more than likely I would end up responsible for everything. We had some of the best run weather software at my college. But go inside the "storage room" and it looks like it's run by a 14 year old. Nothing is organized, nothing documented. It's sort of what my friend does only he's just a extra helping hand. If I had a BS in CIS at the time they would've hired me at the Yuma proving grounds in Arizona. My friend had recommended me but they were dead set on what they wanted.

I don't know about grad school. My ideal is to learn all I can over the next several years. Then, when I feel up to it, do something for myself.

As for what I'm interested in. Pretty much everything except actual programming. I just can't sit there that long and do it as a primary function. I need to be hands on. I grew up on a farm, always doing something.