So I pretty much left school without any qualifications, let alone a BSc. When I left school I started working in a software engineering apprenticeship (a kind of qualification in the UK which is based on professional work and some classes which the government pays for). From there I focussed on my career for a few years; having been in a family where money was quite limited.
As I entered more formal engineering environments (such as the automotive industry or the), the desire for a formal degree became more apparent.
Most Masters courses in the UK have a backdoor "professional experience" route. I submitted my CV and a covering letter to a few different universities. Some weren't willing to take the risk of putting me on a Masters degree and instead offered me a Bachelors.
This was a hack. Some people tell me it's "a developers way of getting onto a Masters degree", other people have said it's "finding your own route like an entrepreneur".
One university offered me a position on an evening Masters course, geographically this choice made the most sense and was least likely to impact my career. Additionally, the university was working on a professional research project with my employer which I was involved with. I was impressed beyond all else by one of my class supervisors, who developed great rapport with me. He gave me a research problem to work on and eventually became my MSc supervisor.
Cloudflare is great at supporting part-time education, I finally graduated my Masters last year and have been working on my PhD since.
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Hello Junade! How did you enter a Master program without a bachelor degree 😮?
So I pretty much left school without any qualifications, let alone a BSc. When I left school I started working in a software engineering apprenticeship (a kind of qualification in the UK which is based on professional work and some classes which the government pays for). From there I focussed on my career for a few years; having been in a family where money was quite limited.
As I entered more formal engineering environments (such as the automotive industry or the), the desire for a formal degree became more apparent.
Most Masters courses in the UK have a backdoor "professional experience" route. I submitted my CV and a covering letter to a few different universities. Some weren't willing to take the risk of putting me on a Masters degree and instead offered me a Bachelors.
This was a hack. Some people tell me it's "a developers way of getting onto a Masters degree", other people have said it's "finding your own route like an entrepreneur".
One university offered me a position on an evening Masters course, geographically this choice made the most sense and was least likely to impact my career. Additionally, the university was working on a professional research project with my employer which I was involved with. I was impressed beyond all else by one of my class supervisors, who developed great rapport with me. He gave me a research problem to work on and eventually became my MSc supervisor.
Cloudflare is great at supporting part-time education, I finally graduated my Masters last year and have been working on my PhD since.