These are all excellent reasons. People that want to follow in your footsteps should also think about why they want to do it and to only do something like this

These are all excellent reasons. People that want to follow in your footsteps should also think about why they want to do it and to only do something like this if it makes sense for them. My brother in law did a degree at WGU too, but not in CS. It was to finally get the job he wanted and had always been qualified for but was unavailable without the degree. And yes, he made up the cost in less than 6 months of his new job. It was 100% worth it.