CS degree worth the cost?

NoKillli
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:05:31 +0000

You need to knock out that undergrad degree however and as quick as you can. The longer you delay, the greater the likely hood you will not complete the degree. Pick an online program that is respectable, not a degree mill. Once you get that B.A.on your resume, no one will know or care is was online. I actually have tremendous respect for people who complete the degree later in life, or at least not at 18 years old. It is hard to do ~120 credits part time and I always encourage our clerical staff at work to keep at it. We are lucky. Within 25 miles we have a 3 CCs, and a whole lotta colleges and universities.

I would not worry about your undergrad major. As long as you have the skill set, most employers will not care. In my 9 person group, I’m the only one with a CS degree but my MBA carries more weight when I was hired. Our best dev was a business major from an very very average state U.

If you are thinking about a MSCS, I’m not sure that is the right direction unless you are shooting for the FAANGs. Longer term you can do a Masters in some kind of IT field or an MBA. Unless you already have a bunch of the CS coursework done (discrete math, data structures, programming languages,comp organization ,and maybe algorithms) the pre-requisites for an MSCS can take a few years part time. Also for an MSCS at a good school,you need some really good math skills for the theory coursework. Calc 1&2, Probability, and Linear Algebra depending on the program.

Good luck and don’t give up. That degree will pay off in the long run.