If I only had a brain...

So the other day at work, the company decided that they needed to update our marketing material with our collective years of experience. This was an interesting experience. My boss, the manager of the sales engineers, sent a spreadsheet with columns for the info that they wanted to one of the engineers, he filled it out and forwarded to another and so until the last person forwarded back to the manager. Process took about 4 hours of bouncing an e-mmail around 6 people. The manager of the sales people, however, had to schedule time on each of the salespeople's calendars, sit down with each one of them and ask them all the questions. Took him a week to get 10 people and he spent that week running around.

But that isn't why I'm posting this. What I noticed, to my chagrin, is that I am the only sales engineer who lacks a college degree. A couple of my co-workers even have master's degrees. Now, I consider myself an intelligent person, and I work in a field that does not *require* an advanced degree, but I felt a little inferior. I have industry certifications and experience and even about 2-3 years of college education, but no degree. (I am, to be exact, one Ph Ed credit away from an Associate's degree.) So I have made an "executive decision" to complete my degree. I will follow the Yellow Brick road, leaving a trail of straw behind me, and ask the Big Green Man for a brain. Or at least a peice of sheep skin. I'll probably enjoy it. The problem, of course, is affording it. And taking the time away from wife and children to get it done.