Thanks for all your help on this matter. I am starting college this fall and am tworn between which degree program to go for. I can't decide between networking or programming. Both are state of the art programs.

The programming course focuses mostly on .Net and Java. It seems its hard to find a C++ course no matter where I go. Except maybe in video game/mutlimedia programs. I guess I will take the .Net courses if I go the programming route. But I've always wanted to learn C++ just because its so complicated.

My main passion is for databases. Designing databases and managing SQL server as well as T-SQL. its also hard for me to find and programs focuses on databases. Both the networking and programming programs have database courses. But I'm not sure if either would provide enough knowledge to become a database admin/programmer/designer. I'm really good at designing databases if I have one really strong point it is database design.