> Do you think a software engineer degree is worth it given my current experience? I'd echo any others who say that a degree is worth it. S/W engineering, may

> Do you think a software engineer degree is worth it given my current experience? I'd echo any others who say that a degree is worth it. S/W engineering, maybe, maybe not. A degree is a signal you can stick at something for four or five years. This is a valuable skill. You may have that skill without a four-year degree, of course, but the signal isn't there. My first job took me a few years to feel comfortable because I'm a slow learner and the technology was difficult to learn at the same time as the rest of the job. Should you do software engineering? Programming is a white-collar trade skill. You can do a lot with programming, and a degree doesn't magically confer the trade skills. I usually recommend people who are degree interested to consider mathematics for a bachelor's degree and then a masters in Computer Science if they're interested in graduate-level education. This isn't the way I went, though, so I can't comment on whether it's really that advisable. But I would think a rigorous math education would prepare you for thinking about fun problems you can solve with programming and an MS would provide some research to go along with it.