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Ask YC : Anyone experienced an online CS degree?

2 points by VinzO ↗ HN
I am 30 and I have a familly to support. To be able to plan my time as I want and still get a salary to feed my familly, I am wondering if an online CS degree can be a good solution. Did anyone try this? Any recomendation?

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alaskamiller
I worked with a team that had a few Indians that migrated over and did online master courses to compensate for their Indian bachelor degrees. One did CSU Boulder's online course work, one did Phoenix Online, another did something else that I forgot.

All in all they still have trouble keeping up with the kids that came out of an American undergraduate college. They spent quite a penny for it too and spoke highly of it but now they make the same money as the rest of us despite none of us (I don't even have a bachelors) have advanced degrees.

From what I heard experiences Phoenix Online is wholly dependent on who you get as an instructor. Will it greatly impact your salary in the future? I don't think as much as good experience and good projects on your resume would.

jgamman
buy a grad student for 20-30$/hr and work on your own project in your spare time. leverage quickly (i would estimate 6-10 months to get on the bottom rung) to get a job in CS. rinse and repeat.