Degree Planning - From Bachelors to Doctorate

[Darknigh7]

FAANG companies are very competitive, especially with all the recent downsizing in the tech industry. If FAANG is your goal, getting a degree from any online checkbox school may not be your best option. What type of position are you looking to get into specifically?

Anything IT related with. A 150k/year or more, I think I can make it with a PhD and my experience at SpaceX plus a reference from inside one of those companies, probably I have to go with an entry level position in the beginning, then move up ,  I'm not interested in social validation as much as I'm interested in high income, any position will do if it pay good even if it was in a startup

I don't think you understand what a PhD is or isn't. A PhD is an academic research degree which traditionally takes 5-7 years. Most PhDs don't even near 100k but that's not why they do it...

FAANG and IT types often only have a BS or BA + maaaaybe a MBA or tech related masters. A PhD (and certainly not one from a crackerjack box school) is likely going to be a non factor.

South College has a poor rep

Can you elaborate on your statement about South College's poor reputation? It's on my list for future grad work.

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[Duneranger]

FAANG companies are very competitive, especially with all the recent downsizing in the tech industry. If FAANG is your goal, getting a degree from any online checkbox school may not be your best option. What type of position are you looking to get into specifically?

Anything IT related with. A 150k/year or more, I think I can make it with a PhD and my experience at SpaceX plus a reference from inside one of those companies, probably I have to go with an entry level position in the beginning, then move up ,  I'm not interested in social validation as much as I'm interested in high income, any position will do if it pay good even if it was in a startup

I don't think you understand what a PhD is or isn't. A PhD is an academic research degree which traditionally takes 5-7 years. Most PhDs don't even near 100k but that's not why they do it...

FAANG and IT types often only have a BS or BA + maaaaybe a MBA or tech related masters. A PhD (and certainly not one from a crackerjack box school) is likely going to be a non factor.

South College has a poor rep

Can you elaborate on your statement about South College's poor reputation? It's on my list for future grad work.

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Their health and medical programs have an extremely poor reputation for not preparing students. The HR at my old hospital network essentially blacklisted any applications from there.

I can’t speak for the other programs but I’ve worked with South students in my career field and they were underprepared.

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Hmm, nice indeed job posting!  Three main things that I can see from it...
1) Based in Pasadena, California, with an expectation to be in office 4 days a week

2) Doctorate or Master's degree and 5+ years of marketing and/or business experience OR 
Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of marketing and/or business experience, preferably in the biopharmaceutical industry

3) Experience in cardiometabolic therapeutic areas, preferably with a focus on dyslipidemias
I would focus on the trifecta of certs, degree, experience and get the balanced mix/match of them

I would shoot for being in the middle of the pack, with Masters, plus 10+ years in experience.  
While working, slowly get the Doctorate completed, especially if they provide tuition assistance or reimbursement.

Point 3, is huge. Someone needs a medical background to understand these concepts. Not something you just learn as you go. 

OP is in over his head on this one. There are no random certs or easy online degrees which will qualify one to be an expert on this.

[fromgedtoPhD]

FAANG companies are very competitive, especially with all the recent downsizing in the tech industry. If FAANG is your goal, getting a degree from any online checkbox school may not be your best option. What type of position are you looking to get into specifically?

Anything IT related with. A 150k/year or more, I think I can make it with a PhD and my experience at SpaceX plus a reference from inside one of those companies, probably I have to go with an entry level position in the beginning, then move up ,  I'm not interested in social validation as much as I'm interested in high income, any position will do if it pay good even if it was in a startup

I don't think you understand what a PhD is or isn't. A PhD is an academic research degree which traditionally takes 5-7 years. Most PhDs don't even near 100k but that's not why they do it...

FAANG and IT types often only have a BS or BA + maaaaybe a MBA or tech related masters. A PhD (and certainly not one from a crackerjack box school) is likely going to be a non factor.

South College has a poor rep

Thanks for the feedback back , I wish those bureaucrats corporation and there HR see it that way , Any PhD even from a crack school will check the box if it RA,  degree doesn't tech you What you need for the job , but there's  two jobs that I'm interested in and both required a PhD plus 3-5 years of experience or master plus 8 -10 year's of experience


Having it is better than not having it

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Why do you feel you need a PhD? You can make that much in tech as a software engineer with just a BS in computer science. That is a harder salary to achieve in IT without years of management experience.

Are there specific roles you have looked at? That might give you a sense of the experience/education those people hold.

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=77e1833804cef4f1

I’m from a tech Mecca (Seattle) and 99% of tech job postings are not like this. All of my tech friends clear 200k with a BS degree alone. You are hyperfocusing on a couple unique job posts that are NOT the norm.

Getting a crackjack box doctorate is not going to absolve their heavy experience requirement regardless. 

You are trying to run before you can walk. Get the BS and experience and then level up with a master eventually.

A PhD is a waste of time (I say this as someone currently in a doctoral program) but it’s your life

Would a bachelor in non tech get you a 200k in Seattle if you have experience ,and can you tell me more about your experience with your doctoral program

[bjcheung77]

do you know of anyone who get admitted to LCFT level 8 diploma without a master or level 7 diploma , just with experience
It said on there website :
• Level 7 Award/Diploma or a Masters degree or  • Any other equivalent qualification or • 5-6 year of work experience if none of the above evaluated on case to case basis.

No, I have not, most of the people (including me) have a level 7 and gained admission to these level 8's... It's going to be hard to actually tell future employers why you don't have any other education other than a level 8, even if you get in... I highly suggest doing the ENEB MBA/Masters using my ambassador314 code, once done, do the level 8.

I'm just copy/pasting my PM here, in addition to that, you want to have a 'favorable' evaluation done from either US AICE/NACES or UK ENIC/NARIC (or comparable country evaluation), it should technically be an Advanced Bachelors plus Masters in the UK/EU. US would be a Bachelors and Grad certificate or diploma. You want to show lateral move from Bachelors to Masters and then finish at Level 8.