I am a student of ICT, networking and web dev at the newcastle college. As im finishing my foundation degree this month, i was wondering what to do next. My options are:
One extra year at college, to get the BSc degree in ICT. Technical modules, good structure of the course, and i know the lecturers and the campus well.
One extra year at Northumbria University, to get the BSc Applied Computing. Uni with quite a good reputation, bigger and multicultural, but i ll study only JAVA programming, all other modules are supportive (personal development, etc.)
Or… find a job! And start building up my experience in web development…
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Stay in school and finish the degree. One year is small time in the the big picture and being able to say you have a higher degree could prove VERY valuable later on down the road.
While in college start building your portfolio, freelance for the community, school groups, build your own blog, etc.
In the end the degree could be enough to give you an edge on a job app and the year of freelance experience will get you some good cash and a portfolio you can add to your resume.
I’m inclined to say degree as well… 1 year is very short and well worth the security for the future, plus the opportunities afforded from companies that require paper for certain roles (this is a common practice for management in larger organizations).
Of course there’s a lot of different ideas here at SPF and if you look through this forum you’ll find many people who have done very well without a degree and would suggest you do what you feel best suits your life. And there’s something to be said for going where you see yourself rather than having to have a degree.
But as a hiring manager for a web team, and someone who has had a number of office jobs, I’d suggest getting the education first. After all, you can work on the side as others have suggested while also giving yourself that piece of paper and additional educational time.
Considering the current economic climate in the UK jobs are hard to come by at the moment, unless you want to flip burgers. I’d say stop where you are and continue your education
I can’t believe I’m going to say this. Every bone in my body wants to say stay in school and finish your degree. But I have a degree and am out of work. Is there anyway you can get a job and finish the degree at the same time? Reason being, the work experience is going to amount to so much. I know this one guy who has no degree but always has work because of his work experience.
No man first complete your study and be an expert than start job.Right now just focus on basic and every facts of the field and become a specialist.As you have so much of time for your job but less time for college.Or you can do both things side by side, study and work somewhere as part time and gain experience,this way you will also be in touch of your subject and learn new things in the college.After all choice is yours.
best of luck.
I think after getting your degree, You should find relevant job and get experience.
And you should do a job along with studies at this stage this 'll helpful in financial position as well count as your professional career experience.
So, i suggest you that you should also go for job besides your studies. Degree completion would be you priority.
To start with, the degree is the door that opens a lot of jobs. If you want to work in a certain area you need that degree to gain any experience.
Most importantly, the degree will teach you many valuable things that you’ll build on in the work place. If you do it the other way around it will be less beneficial more than anything.
To start with, the degree is the door that opens a lot of jobs. If you want to work in a certain area you need that degree to gain any experience.
Most importantly, the degree will teach you many valuable things that you’ll build on in the work place. If you do it the other way around it will be less beneficial more than anything.
A Degree is just a paper, I don’t agree with most of the comments I think he should start looking for work. Staying in school has become the ‘norm’ everyone just goes to school, in these economic times there is no guarantee that you will get a Job just like without a Degree there is no guarantee that you won’t get a Job. There are many walking out of schools with all these BA’s, MBA’s, blah blah and they are unable to get a Job except in tens of thousands in debt in desperate need to pay it off, hoping just hoping that the money they paid towards a school will give them ‘middle management’.
There are rare talents (and I mean rare) that can do away with not having a good education and still making it. But that’s like 0,0001% of the population, even that percentage is probably an absurd exaggeration. The rest are well advised to get themselves a solid education.
A piece of paper that is often used as a mandatory criteria when it comes to hiring.
As more and more people are chasing less and less jobs HR departments will do everything in their power to restrict the number of “qualified” applicants that they have to vet for a position. Putting a degree in as a mandatory requirement does that quite nicely.
But that’s like 0,0001% of the population, even that percentage is probably an absurd exaggeration.
I don’t agree with those numbers.
As more and more people are chasing less and less jobs HR departments will do everything in their power to restrict the number of “qualified” applicants that they have to vet for a position. Putting a degree in as a mandatory requirement does that quite nicely.
What classifies as ‘qualified’ ? There are employers out there who don’t know what they think is ‘qualified’ and that coming from experience from many I’ve talked too, there are many who don’t even apply for positions with the degree they have because of the whole ‘qualifications’ bit they apply for work outside of what they went to school for because they need to ‘earn a living’ and ‘survive’ therefore that puts that ‘degree’ that will so called get you that ‘position’ right out the window.
@SiberianHuskey, that’s fine. If you feel education is a waste of time and you’re getting the jobs you want, have what employers need (talent, skill, work ethic, etc.) and can do without formal education/training and are happy with it, then you’re doing everything right!
