I went to a community college, a 18 month straight program with courses on computer programming. None of the what I call 'filler' courses you have to take at universities. I looked at it as I would gain valuable work experience while others were in school that extra 2 1/2 years. Has worked out well for me, I had some friends do the universities and either couldn't find jobs right away or haven't stuck with it over the years. I had a job lined up before I even graduated. I've gained almost all of my knowledge on SQL by having to work with it, I did have a two day class way back in 2001. Didn't get a lot out of the second day of the class because it was 09/11/2001.

You need to be able to learn and adapt to the changing times.