Long story short.. I want to learn from someone experienced in the programming/computer engineer field.
I want to know what its like, salaries, degrees, recommendations, schools and all that other good stuff on becoming something in that field.

I don't know exactly what I want to deal with, like databases and such, but I'm more leaned over in the development area in the computer software engineer.

What I figured out so far, finding a job in this area isn't about the degrees entirely, but the skills and experiences that you already posses to be working under someone. Its recommended that you have some type of degree in computer programming and its probably more viable to have a BA or above in computer science. Not only you could be an software engineer with those degrees, but can also branch over in other areas. Either ways it pays good lol