Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
It's not gonna hurt you, that's for sure. At Georgia Tech, they even had a program called Computational Media which was more focused on UX, HCI, and media creation in addition to some of the compsci curriculum. If I would have finished my degree, I probably would have made an additional 5k to 10k USD a year for the first five years of my career, but I am at a point where it has evened out and whenever a company refuses to consider me because of my lack of a degree, I walk away content that it was probably a really close-minded and ignorant environment.
What I missed out on in college was the connections. I was far too busy playing beer pong and popping my collar to actually take advantage of the chance to meet leading researchers in the field, network with alumni who were active in the startup scene, take classes I loved seriously, or get involved in research projects. You can meet a lot of people who can open up doors for you later in life.
I don't know what your finances are like, but if school was going to be very expensive, I wouldn't do it. When I failed out I was at least lucky enough to not owe a cent to the school. I've managed to get in enough crippling debt without student loans.
Thank you for your reply! I think it's a really good point that we should avoid from companies that requires a degree for anything.
And I do think going to school would open up more doors for me in my life, but not just in the sense of meeting a lot people; it could also let me explore other things that I might not even know exist. "You don't know what you don't know", as they say, I'd love to see what else I could do as there are so many different career paths you could take for writing programs.
Luckily, in terms of money, the university I'm looking at in Canada (University of Waterloo) is not that expensive. But if I don't want to relocate/commute and go to University of Toronto, I might need to pay much more.
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It's not gonna hurt you, that's for sure. At Georgia Tech, they even had a program called Computational Media which was more focused on UX, HCI, and media creation in addition to some of the compsci curriculum. If I would have finished my degree, I probably would have made an additional 5k to 10k USD a year for the first five years of my career, but I am at a point where it has evened out and whenever a company refuses to consider me because of my lack of a degree, I walk away content that it was probably a really close-minded and ignorant environment.
What I missed out on in college was the connections. I was far too busy playing beer pong and popping my collar to actually take advantage of the chance to meet leading researchers in the field, network with alumni who were active in the startup scene, take classes I loved seriously, or get involved in research projects. You can meet a lot of people who can open up doors for you later in life.
I don't know what your finances are like, but if school was going to be very expensive, I wouldn't do it. When I failed out I was at least lucky enough to not owe a cent to the school. I've managed to get in enough crippling debt without student loans.
Thank you for your reply! I think it's a really good point that we should avoid from companies that requires a degree for anything.
And I do think going to school would open up more doors for me in my life, but not just in the sense of meeting a lot people; it could also let me explore other things that I might not even know exist. "You don't know what you don't know", as they say, I'd love to see what else I could do as there are so many different career paths you could take for writing programs.
Luckily, in terms of money, the university I'm looking at in Canada (University of Waterloo) is not that expensive. But if I don't want to relocate/commute and go to University of Toronto, I might need to pay much more.