I don't have a degree and have been developing for 4 years in the UK. In fact, I actually got less-than-ideal A-Level results (APs/SAT II equivalent I believe). Currently, by the time you finish a degree a lot of it will be out of date. I feel I am probably lacking in computational theory and would like to learn some but it so rarely, if ever, comes up in my job that £30,000 of debt wasn't quite worth it. It also depends where you go to school. In the UK your degree will pretty much just be computing based, whereas in the US you'll have a more rounded education.
Although, I assume the same rules don't apply to data scientists/engineers since the statistics knowledge you require is generally university level?
The IT industry can't be umbrella-ed into a professional or other industry though. Generally I define professions as being paid a salary for your skills vs occupations which are hourly-waged jobs.
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I don't have a degree and have been developing for 4 years in the UK. In fact, I actually got less-than-ideal A-Level results (APs/SAT II equivalent I believe). Currently, by the time you finish a degree a lot of it will be out of date. I feel I am probably lacking in computational theory and would like to learn some but it so rarely, if ever, comes up in my job that £30,000 of debt wasn't quite worth it. It also depends where you go to school. In the UK your degree will pretty much just be computing based, whereas in the US you'll have a more rounded education.
Although, I assume the same rules don't apply to data scientists/engineers since the statistics knowledge you require is generally university level?
The IT industry can't be umbrella-ed into a professional or other industry though. Generally I define professions as being paid a salary for your skills vs occupations which are hourly-waged jobs.