I'm in much the same boat less the kids though. Just into my 30s and started my career a bit late but already making good money and have really good experience

I'm in much the same boat less the kids though. Just into my 30s and started my career a bit late but already making good money and have really good experience on my resume. A 4 year program with all the extraneous drawn out learning would present a huge potential opportunity cost for me. I already try to be a bit of a Renaissance man, and I'm constantly expanding my IT/comp-sci knowledge outside of work. I'm never asked about my education when applying for jobs.. I guess it's Coursera for me then :) @lrm242 So far away. I barely have a semester worth of credits from TCC(Tarrant County) earned a decade ago.