Already a software engineer, degree worth it?

[mahaganapati]

I did this very thing. I had been a SW engineer with almost 30 years experience when I ran into a situation where an offer was rescinded because I didn't have a degree. Sure, I could have simply moved on without one and I would undoubtedly have been just fine, but I instead got my BSCS, and now I've had two more jobs at companies who would have been most unlikely to have hired a non-degreed engineer.

It was a proud accomplishment, even though I thought beforehand that it wouldn't be that big a deal.

I appreciate hearing that bit of data, davewill! Hearing it from someone in the same field is very helpful. What school did you end up choosing?

And thank you to everyone else who has shared perspectives!

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I did this very thing. I had been a SW engineer with almost 30 years experience when I ran into a situation where an offer was rescinded because I didn't have a degree. Sure, I could have simply moved on without one and I would undoubtedly have been just fine, but I instead got my BSCS, and now I've had two more jobs at companies who would have been most unlikely to have hired a non-degreed engineer.

It was a proud accomplishment, even though I thought beforehand that it wouldn't be that big a deal.

I appreciate hearing that bit of data, davewill! Hearing it from someone in the same field is very helpful. What school did you end up choosing?

And thank you to everyone else who has shared perspectives!

Ah, I see it now in your signature. (I thought it wasn't TESU since you wrote BSCS)

By the way, did you end up doing the GA Tech OMCS?