Hi @seekinghelpgrey , I read your old thread where you asked about doing CS after a BA in History. Lately, I had a similar realisation and interest pivot. Just wanted to know how things worked out. And whether such a change is possible.
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I am not the poster mentioned, but I did computer science and math, and worked as a computer programmer for 30 years.
There are several different education paths you can take.
One is a general uundergraduate degree (history in your case, math in mine) followed by a master’s in a area with good employment prospects. I chose that one, but was headhunted before doing my master’s (which I did when I retired, but in what interested me; foundations of Quantum Mechanics that had, for all practical purposes, no job prospects, but who cared, I was retired). So that path worked great for me, even though some thought I was basically, how to put it, not management material. I advanced quickly, then hit the ceiling. Still, $150k (in today’s dollars) in a safe job with numerous benefits is not bad for a single guy like me.
Then there is a study, from the start, what will get you a job.
Each has advantages and disadvantages.
If I had my time again, I would do a general degree like that offered by St. John’s or Shimer, which concentrates on teaching critical thinking. It will stretch you, but many such degrees don’t actually have grades (you know about anyway), and a special reason is required to find them out. I hated exams, etc.,c so that would be a big positive. Only trouble is, such degrees cover a wide range of study content, requiring you to study a foreign language (yuck, to me anyway). However, as a person who has been on the interview panel for many programming jobs, at least where I worked, having a master’s but not a relevant undergraduate, it was perfectly OK and advantageous when applying for senior positions (without going into details).