Lessons from 3,000 technical interviews

Re:Lessons from 3,000 technical interviews by cr0sh on Thursday December 29, 2016 @12:28PM (#13278594)

I so want to enroll and take the OMSCS; I know I could succeed at it if I took it, but the school requires you to have at least a Batchelor's degree to attend (they don't count work experience in software development - so my 25+ years mean nothing).

I found out about the OMSCS after I started my work on Udacity's "Self-Driving Car Engineer" nanodegree course, which I am currently taking. My plan (hopefully) is after I complete the nanodegree, I'm going to take some kind of online BS program (maybe accelerated if I can find one), then hop over to the OMSCS (hopefully it or something similar is still running). I mainly want to do it to prove to myself I can do it - I believe that I can.

I made some early life choices that have led me to where I am at, and while it hasn't hindered my job or career prospects, I have always wanted what I should have done in the first place.

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Re:Lessons from 3,000 technical interviews by n-exploit on Thursday December 29, 2016 @01:22PM (#13278954)

Western Governors University (non-profit, accredited, affordable) offers a few different B.S. programs that you could look at to use as a buffer. I received my undergraduate degree from WGU and highly recommend it. It's self-paced and there are ways to fast-track the degree in less than the typical 4 years.

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Re:Lessons from 3,000 technical interviews by cr0sh on Thursday December 29, 2016 @04:10PM (#13280151)

Hey - thanks for this recommendation - I will definitely look into it!

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