Computer Science Degree? 

Thanks for your thoughts!

That’s amazing!!!

Hey, thanks

So, I actually worked there prior to adobe. At the time they only had a software engineering degree that seemed more of a dev ops centric degree with a lot of certs as the tests. Recently, I noticed that they have introduced a cs degree. My issue is that you are locked into having to take a certain number of classes in a given time window which would be hard for me with such a busy schedule. You also have a defined set of courses whereas other programs let you pick and choose electives that interest you. As for industry respect, I am sure there will be people who snub anything online. You have to weigh what works best for your timetable and budget. Whatever path you take, I would try to actually learn the materials rather than take shortcuts. Even from brick and morter schools, not all graduates are equal. Best wishes.

You're welcome

If you enjoy it, probably worth getting better at the areas you struggle with. You are young enough that you have plenty of time to get better at math and physics.

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That is a good class. I've suggested it to a number of folks. The courses I am taking will give me college credit. But yeah, for a free intro, that is a good one for sure.

@@jamescross Thanks James. It's been on my watch list for ages, time I get started

It was one of the programs I looked at. There are a couple of options. Kinda leaning toward Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey to be able to pick my electives.

That is an option, but not the likely the one I will take.

@@jamescross I’m going back for my CS degree too, but I’m going to a university that offers an online bachelors program. Please let us know what you’re planning to do! I would love to learn more about other options.

i promise its not a waste, only allocation of knowledge until you are presented an opportunity to apply what you know to solve real world problems. I broke into IT almost 2 years ago by chance that the employer was within reasonable commute distance from me and they just so happened to be looking for a bilingual candidate (which i was). It also happened this company had an underdeveloped IT department with dated practices like manual deployment of apps and websites instead of code pipelines for production. By implementing a simple automation pipeline for their inhouse PHP website i was dubbed as a tech genius by my manager and was highly praised for the headaches i saved of forgetting to copy a file to production. I had his respect for a while and got me a few raises without asking and eventually i was at a comfortable spot until i realized i was not covering new ground in my career, or in other words i no longer felt challenge since i knew the most of tools like containers and cloud compared to my coworkers and our poor team morale didnt necessarily nurture a collaborative learning environment for us since the higher-ups would immediately fire anyone they deemed incompetent despite it being a lack of support and training resources to get juniors up to speed. its dog eat dog out there, you must be ready to tackle the bigger fish before you yourself are fished out to die in this race. i forgot about my intention with this comment but good luck in your search for life's questions and your future career that lies ahead. please dont give up and instead give it all you got with each day being a new chance to be better than the last

At this point, it's not a need for me. Mostly an interest. My employer also has a generous tuition reimbursement program.

Hard disagree : almost all developer jobs and internships require a BS or years of experience. Boot camps have been proven to be a scam , it’s not 2016 and knowing html css and a touch of JS isn’t enough . How does a self taught learn: True backend : aka relational database design and advanced sql , True backend languages such as Java , c# , or c++ Learn DSA , time complexity ? Learn a framework that is entierprise level like .net or spring boot Please my friend , as the world moves towards AI , the whole development world will move towards degrees . It’s already happening : knowing just 1 language isn’t enough . Knowing1 framework isn’t enough . You need to know how to learn many topics . This goes further if you go into data science which requires knowledge in statistics and linear algebra ontop of programming . There’s a reason bootcamps only teach MERN ; it’s easy .

The self taught was a valid option the past decade , but not anymore. Everything is moving too fast . And now more than ever you need the foundation and NOT merely application

@@ci6516 college degree is useful for one thing only- getting an interview for higher paid jobs. You can’t learn better in college than by yourself because in college you learn a lot of subjects that waste your time getting to your goal which is getting a job. Besides you won’t have time at college to become good in anything because of random classes you need to take. It’s kind of jack of all trades master of none situation. Spend 4 years on Front End or learning random subjects in college then another two years to become a junior front end dev.

@@ci6516 completely untrue, I consistently see self taught hired on a regular basis. The truth is, that there is a lot of easy simple jobs that don't require the math, and advanced subjects, just moving data around and interacting with users.