Advice Needed for School & Degree Plan

[Darknigh7]

My two cents. As a hiring manager, I would have to disagree with Dave regarding a blanket statement towards a technical degree. As you are already in the industry, honestly the degree is a 'checkbox' for Applicant Tracking Systems these days. My employer's HR has a literal boolean (Has Degree of level N Yes/No?). Very occasionally we require something exotic like Data Science or advanced Mathematics. Heck, 98% of our IT staffing degree requirements at the entry to mid-level contains the phrase "or equivalent experience".

Now, I would say that if it comes down to two otherwise equivalent candidates, and they both interview well and seem good fits, the Major of the degree could be a tiebreaker.

All of that said, TL/DR the degree major is only a small part of the equation. Certs, experience, communication skills play at least an equal role.

Cheers.

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