I started an associate’s in CS back in 2017 with the intention of transferring to a 4-year school and finishing a bachelor’s. Got 47 credits in and had to pause school because of some things going on my life at the time.
Once things cleared up, I decided to try and get into tech support to see if it was a viable career option. It didn’t work out very well, and now I’m back at my old job and trying to go back to school.
Now I’m at a point where I don’t really want to pursue a career in CS and would really just like to finish my associate’s one way or another.
The CS option would be a bit faster/cheaper since I only need 13 more credits, but there’s also a Data Science and Analysis program that has classes in things like Python, Oracle, other things that seem like they could be more useful in finding a job. I’ve already got a little over half the credits for that one, so I wouldn’t be starting from scratch if I went that way.
So what I’m wondering is how far an associate’s in CS would get me with no intention of transferring to a 4-year program. I’d like to just finish my associate’s one way or another, but if the Data Science option would better help me get a higher paying job (as compared to my current line of work – about $54k/year with a high COL), then I’ll just grind at that instead.
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r/cscareerquestions I started an associate’s in CS back in 2017 with the intention of transferring to a 4-year school and finishing a bachelor’s. Got 47 credits in and had to pause school because of some things going on my life at the time. Once things cleared up, I decided to try and get into tech support to see if it was a viable career option. It didn’t work out very well, and now I’m back at my old job and trying to go back to school. Now I’m at a point where I don’t really want to pursue a career in CS and would really just like to finish my associate’s one way or another. The CS option would be a bit faster/cheaper since I only need 13 more credits, but there’s also a Data Science and Analysis program that has classes in things like Python, Oracle, other things that seem like they could be more useful in finding a job. I’ve already got a little over half the credits for that one, so I wouldn’t be starting from scratch if I went that way. So what I’m wondering is how far an associate’s in CS would get me with no intention of transferring to a 4-year program. I’d like to just finish my associate’s one way or another, but if the Data Science option would better help me get a higher paying job (as compared to my current line of work – about $54k/year with a high COL), then I’ll just grind at that instead. submitted by /u/okcomputerface [link] [comments]
I started an associate’s in CS back in 2017 with the intention of transferring to a 4-year school and finishing a bachelor’s. Got 47 credits in and had to pause school because of some things going on my life at the time.
Once things cleared up, I decided to try and get into tech support to see if it was a viable career option. It didn’t work out very well, and now I’m back at my old job and trying to go back to school.
Now I’m at a point where I don’t really want to pursue a career in CS and would really just like to finish my associate’s one way or another.
The CS option would be a bit faster/cheaper since I only need 13 more credits, but there’s also a Data Science and Analysis program that has classes in things like Python, Oracle, other things that seem like they could be more useful in finding a job. I’ve already got a little over half the credits for that one, so I wouldn’t be starting from scratch if I went that way.
So what I’m wondering is how far an associate’s in CS would get me with no intention of transferring to a 4-year program. I’d like to just finish my associate’s one way or another, but if the Data Science option would better help me get a higher paying job (as compared to my current line of work – about $54k/year with a high COL), then I’ll just grind at that instead.
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