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If degrees are no longer requirements to get tech jobs and tech companies start paying significantly lower salaries, what can one do to become competitive in th

• CamTin 8y ago
  I think Masters and PhDs are basically in a totally different market than workers with bachelors', Associates', "boot camp" certificates, or no degrees at all. They are being hired for "alpha hacker" positions implementing compilers, databases, graphics engines, etc. while everyone else is building apps, REST APIs, doing enterprise integrations, etc.
• analog31 8y ago
  It might not be such a bad tradeoff. You might earn less, but will have a 4 - 6 year head start on building job experience and a nest egg. And if your training takes significantly less time, that reduces one of the biggest risks of all, which is that you don't finish the training.