As of writing this I’ve gotten into a long distance relationship with a US citizen so it’s not too far of a stretch to assume that in a few years’ time we could get married and then I can get sponsored for a green card. With this clarification out of the way, here in Italy we have these “technical schools”: the easiest way I can describe them is that they are kinda like vocational schools but for white collar jobs instead of the trades. They only last a couple of years at the end of which you get a diploma that says “this guy is a qualified full stack web developer/cloud engineer/machine learning specialist/whatever” and as far as IT is concerned they’re a popular alternative to college because they trim out a lot of theoretical stuff that isn’t really useful in landing a job and if anything they actually make you a more specialized than university in most cases.
Problem is, how will this sort of qualification be viewed in the eyes of a US employer? Is it going to be seen as lesser compared to an “actual” computer science degree? I’m aware finding a job in IT is hard for everyone right now but I want to understand If I would be at a disadvantage employment wise compared with people with college education.
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r/cscareerquestions As of writing this I’ve gotten into a long distance relationship with a US citizen so it’s not too far of a stretch to assume that in a few years’ time we could get married and then I can get sponsored for a green card. With this clarification out of the way, here in Italy we have these “technical schools”: the easiest way I can describe them is that they are kinda like vocational schools but for white collar jobs instead of the trades. They only last a couple of years at the end of which you get a diploma that says “this guy is a qualified full stack web developer/cloud engineer/machine learning specialist/whatever” and as far as IT is concerned they’re a popular alternative to college because they trim out a lot of theoretical stuff that isn’t really useful in landing a job and if anything they actually make you a more specialized than university in most cases. Problem is, how will this sort of qualification be viewed in the eyes of a US employer? Is it going to be seen as lesser compared to an “actual” computer science degree? I’m aware finding a job in IT is hard for everyone right now but I want to understand If I would be at a disadvantage employment wise compared with people with college education. submitted by /u/88-81 [link] [comments]
As of writing this I’ve gotten into a long distance relationship with a US citizen so it’s not too far of a stretch to assume that in a few years’ time we could get married and then I can get sponsored for a green card. With this clarification out of the way, here in Italy we have these “technical schools”: the easiest way I can describe them is that they are kinda like vocational schools but for white collar jobs instead of the trades. They only last a couple of years at the end of which you get a diploma that says “this guy is a qualified full stack web developer/cloud engineer/machine learning specialist/whatever” and as far as IT is concerned they’re a popular alternative to college because they trim out a lot of theoretical stuff that isn’t really useful in landing a job and if anything they actually make you a more specialized than university in most cases.
Problem is, how will this sort of qualification be viewed in the eyes of a US employer? Is it going to be seen as lesser compared to an “actual” computer science degree? I’m aware finding a job in IT is hard for everyone right now but I want to understand If I would be at a disadvantage employment wise compared with people with college education.
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