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I spent the first ten or so years of my career without a degree. And I can say with certainty that jobs are substantially easier to come by now that I have a C
by mywittyname 4y ago
I spent the first ten or so years of my career without a degree. And I can say with certainty that jobs are substantially easier to come by now that I have a CS degree.
I'm not sure if this is still the case for people, but I faced a lot of discrimination from management over my lack of degree. Especially managers who "inherited" me. Some of it was petty too, like all the other devs on my team were software "engineers" but since I lacked a degree, I was a software "developer". AFAIK, it wasn't a salary thing either.
It's not difficult to get a degree, especially if you have experience in the field. So I would say that it's worth it.
- foobarian 4y agoIs this in Europe? In some countries especially EE people tend to be very ornery with their papers.
- taolegal 4y ago> In some countries especially EE people tend to be very ornery with their papers can you elaborate on what you mean by this?
- mgbmtl 4y agoTo be honest I never understood the ubiquitous use of the word engineer. To me an engineer has a degree in engineering (including software engineering, which focuses on large-scale infrastructure, not algorithms). In many countries engineers are legally liable for what they implement.