First off you guys are awesome, second-BABA

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This is a phenomenal insight and I really appreciate it!
I will be going into a SAAS (software) side of sales and honestly have minimal to no technical back ground in software other than my personal use in real estate and this is why I am hoping to expand this side of my credibility. I would say I fall under the category of being "salesy/personable" in person and will luckily be associated with a quality product to begin my career.  I got my offer letter today and am definitely taking a hair cut over my Physical Therapy career, but hopefully this will give me the opportunity to earn my stripes, network and set me up for long term success in the field.

Just talked to my husband about this.  For what you want to do, a degree is a check-the-box type of thing, and since you already have a degree, you do NOT need another one.  Instead, you need technical knowledge and expertise.  And for that, you need to figure out what certs to get for your particular niche - specific to your company if possible, and then branching out to the area you want to be in (networking, cloud, etc.).

He said he wouldn't spend 5 seconds on getting another degree (he hasn't spent 5 seconds getting a first degree, so he practices what he preaches).  Instead, get certs that will advance your career.  Spend literally all of your time doing that instead of a degree that you just don't need.  He also said that of all of the SE's that he knows - and he knows a LOT of them - not a single one has an MBA, that will do exactly zero for your career.  Many don't even have a degree at all, but the ones that do don't even have degrees in IT - they have them in all kinds of things, and then got into Sales later on and moved to SE, and their careers took off because of their technical knowledge.  None have gone back to get degrees, and certainly not to get advanced degrees.  They never talk about degrees either, but they do discuss certs, and which ones are good based on the product lines they're selling.

The OP (Aries0991) in this case has an associates, this will be their 1st bachelor (to check that box).  I realize that your main point was you don't feel they need a degree at all (for this career path), but I wanted to make it clear that they are not working on a 2nd bachelor.  And although I agree that long term, gaining the technical knowledge will be key to long term success (in this career path) - earning a bachelor is definitely not a wasted effort long term, especially at this low cost.

I misread her original post, I thought she said she was a PT.  I THOUGHT that was a weird transition to make, LOL.

[Aries0991]

Yes I’ll have this BAAS finished by the end of next term. It is a business degree I got just to check the box honestly. On linked in I could see that most applicants to jobs I was looking at had at minimum bachelors and I was one of 5% with an associates. Maybe 10-15% had masters or better on average