PG Music Home Forums General Discussion Off-Topic SAE - opinions please?

Hi Folks

This may come as a bit of a surprise, considering my level of involvement on this forum, but I have been out of work for far too long and my generous girlfriend/sponsor has offered me the opportunity for some new education to boost my morale, give me something to do and help me become more 'qualified'. At first, we were talking about adding qualifications to my existing skill set in the field of psychotherapy that would be recognised in Austria (my qualifications are professionally recognised in the UK but not here in Austria) but it proved (to me) to be far TOO expensive and to take far too long to end up with knowledge I already have. So, I suggested that I might look for something that might actually enhance my employability whilst, at the same time, adding to skills that I could use (emphasis on 'I').

I am living in Vienna.

I asked an experienced pro bass player friend of mine about Sound Engineering courses here and he suggested the SAE. Now, I have no intention of technologically designing new audio instruments or re-inventing the wheel and I am already 50, so I found an online course in Music Production (3 months duration online) at Audioaction here and I thought that a 1 year Diploma course at SAE in Digital Journalism here could be very useful. I have over 19 professional qualifications in a wide range of useful subjects (Sports, Education, Business, Computing Systems, the Arts, Psychotherapy, NLP, Hypnotherapy, etc but can't find work with any of them) and I really do NOT want to waste my time with education that proves worthless anymore in terms of finding employment. From now on, my education has to benefit ME first. That said, if I can use that education to find regular paid work, I would be DELIGHTED!!!

So, does anybody on the forum have any experience with either SAE or Audiocation? I would very much appreciate some input prior to giving them a commitment.

BTW, I know that the two most important tools in Audio Engineering are (1) your ears; and (2) knowing how to use your equipment (which, in terms of PG software, I do) BUT I NEED WORK!!!

Many thanks for any input you have to offer