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Go to a local community college for the first 2 years, then you can transfer to a UC or State college. Take the easiest/least time consuming classes you can fi

Go to a local community college for the first 2 years, then you can transfer to a UC or State college. Take the easiest/least time consuming classes you can find and try to work during those 4 years. Don't allow a useless college degree to make you broke. For most jobs/careers, You just need the certificate ~ at least in the long term.

aanm1988 10y ago
Yet more "just sacrifice more" rhetoric.
permatech 10y ago
> Take the easiest/least time consuming classes you can find and try to work during those 4 years. Don't allow a useless college degree to make you broke. If you take the easiest/least time consuming classes you will likely end up with a useless college degree. Go to a state university that has a solid co-op or intern program and major in something difficult. Take hard classes and focus on those (EE, CompSci) because they will open up high paying internships during school and an entry job after graduation. Don't burn yourself trying to balance school and work concurrently, don't waste your time taking easy classes that will leave you struggling after graduation! > For most jobs/careers, You just need the certificate ~ at least in the long term. That may be true, but your courses/GPA will matter for the first job... or to get the MS degree required for many jobs in engineering today.
- pascalxus 10y ago
  For example: a computer science degree teaches you a lot of stuff, covering an enormous diversity of CS topics, but 80% of it won't have anything to do with a career in Software engineering. The stuff you really need to learn, you'll need to learn on your own. That's why I'm saying, take the easy classes, then spend the extra time on an actual software engineering job or internship where you can learn what you really need to learn. The degree is required for a lot of SE jobs but that doesn't mean it's useful (as in applicable to SE).

aanm1988 10y ago

Yet more "just sacrifice more" rhetoric.

permatech 10y ago

> Take the easiest/least time consuming classes you can find and try to work during those 4 years. Don't allow a useless college degree to make you broke. If you take the easiest/least time consuming classes you will likely end up with a useless college degree. Go to a state university that has a solid co-op or intern program and major in something difficult. Take hard classes and focus on those (EE, CompSci) because they will open up high paying internships during school and an entry job after graduation. Don't burn yourself trying to balance school and work concurrently, don't waste your time taking easy classes that will leave you struggling after graduation! > For most jobs/careers, You just need the certificate ~ at least in the long term. That may be true, but your courses/GPA will matter for the first job... or to get the MS degree required for many jobs in engineering today.

pascalxus 10y ago
For example: a computer science degree teaches you a lot of stuff, covering an enormous diversity of CS topics, but 80% of it won't have anything to do with a career in Software engineering. The stuff you really need to learn, you'll need to learn on your own. That's why I'm saying, take the easy classes, then spend the extra time on an actual software engineering job or internship where you can learn what you really need to learn. The degree is required for a lot of SE jobs but that doesn't mean it's useful (as in applicable to SE).