Testing out toward a degree but don't know where to start

[bluebooger]

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If you're going to quote me to disagree at least quote me correctly. I said, "If you want to be a software developer, however there really is no substitute for an actual computer science degree.". Your options are great if you want an IT career, but is not useful at all if you want to be a software developer. I do agree that if you don't want to take the business courses and want to go into IT, they are great choice, and probably the route I would choose.

I did quote you correctly

I disagreed with you that a CS degree is necessary for a software development job

"Your options are great if you want an IT career"
what exactly do you consider to be an IT career ?

"not useful at all if you want to be a software developer"
really ?

look at the required courses and electives for UML
C Programming
C++ Programming
Advanced C++
C# Programming
Introduction to Java Programming
Advanced Java Programming
Introduction to the Linux/Unix Operating System
Shell Scripting
Linux/UNIX Internals Overview
Intro. to Data Structures with C
Relational Database Concepts

you honestly think that's not useful at all to be a software developer ?
LOL

and look at TESU's IT Core
Computer Architecture
C++ Programming
Data Structures
Operating Systems
Database Management

again, you could easily be a software developer with those courses and that degree

I was a software developer at bear stearns for 5 years back in the late '90s and I didn't even have a degree
all I had was a non-credit certificate in Sybase and another in Visual Basic 6

I STILL don't have a degree in either CS or IT and I'm STILL developing software at a hospital in NYC
and by "developing software" I mean creating applications with MS Access, MS Excel and SQL Server

and I do backend stuff with Python, R, Excel and MS SQL Server

so yeah, maybe if you define "software developer" as writing Apple's next operating system -- then in that case maybe I'd agree with you

but if you want to write apps for Android or iOS or desktop programs for linux or windows or apple then an IT degree is more than adequate