My 2 cents... After 7 years of freelance much of what a university has to offer will be old news to you. Consider creating your own educational path that builds on what you already know, rather than starting from scratch. I would recommend specializing your training to make you more marketable in the global workforce. I can tell you that experienced Drupal developers are currently finding work regardless of where they live. And I imagine the same goes for other specialized skills, like WordPress development, Symphony, Mongo, etc.
Not that "classical training" is a bad thing. I have a BS in computer engineering from BYU, and that was the right choice for me. But I was starting from ground zero, had never written a line of code in my life. With so many options for online learning now, I wouldn't feel obligated to drop everything and dedicate yourself to getting a degree full time. Chuck Crandall Unicon, Inc. On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Steve Meyers <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/03/2015 09:53 AM, Derek Caswell wrote: > > I do agree with Andrew on a lot his points about "classically trained" > > developers but I still think there is a lot of value in the education > > process and the skills that it gives you in critical thinking. My > > recommendation to most people is to get the degree but don't think that > the > > degree is going to get you a great high-paying job. You need to figure > out > > ASAP what you want to do like programming, administration, etc. and then > > get as much real world experience in that as you can get while getting > the > > degree. That experience is what is going to shape you into a valuable > > It's definitely best to have a "real job" while going to school. When > hiring kids fresh out of college, I always favored the ones who had > decent programming jobs already. There's benefit to both real world > experience and "classical training". > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
