Degree or Masters in Computing

PeterTheNinth

Hi there,

Just wondering if anybody can give me advice on where to go. I have a 2nd class honours degree in Applied Physics which I finished in 2003. However I've worked in IT since I left college. I have a number of different computer qualifications like CCNA, MCPs, Wireless exams, but I'd like to look in to the option of getting a college qualification in an IT related discipline. This would be with a view to moving on to a better job and making my CV look good. It's also something that I just want to do for myself.

Has anybody got any advice on what my best approach would be to take? Can I just browse through postgraduate courses of the colleges and choose a course or is there more involved?


thanks,

Musicman2000

By the sounds of things you have a lot of experience and some excellent certs . I cant see what a degree is going to do for you. Unless you are looking to move into the development side of things.

PeterTheNinth

Hi Musicman, thanks for your response. I agree that there may not be a massive advantage in having the qualification. But generally I try to just pick a qualification and go for it, before I think up enough reasons not to do it.. And here are the current benefits I would see:

- It would really bolster my CV.
- There is a possibility I might go in to training in the future, so it would help with this.
- I'm have a lot of time on my hands, so I find that I have to keep busy learning or I go mad. So I WILL be studying something every month this year, so the time commitment of a colloge course would not be a big deal for me.
- It would be good for my self esteem and confidence.

Cuddlesworth

Doesn't sound like it would make any difference to your job. You also seem like you dabble in all, master of none. Maybe getting into a specific field would help.

Musicman2000

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Hi Musicman, thanks for your response. I agree that there may not be a massive advantage in having the qualification. But generally I try to just pick a qualification and go for it, before I think up enough reasons not to do it.. And here are the current benefits I would see:

- It would really bolster my CV.
- There is a possibility I might go in to training in the future, so it would help with this.
- I'm have a lot of time on my hands, so I find that I have to keep busy learning or I go mad. So I WILL be studying something every month this year, so the time commitment of a colloge course would not be a big deal for me.
- It would be good for my self esteem and confidence.

Defiantly go for it , if its a confidence boost as well. Wish you all the best with it.

Senna

You have an honours degree so a springboard h.dip would be a good step. I looked into them last year and there was some very interesting courses, dev& cloud, Dev&automation, mobile app, lots of specialisation rather than just a CS degree. But it obviously depends on if there is a course that interests you.

The fact that their free to anyone with a level 8 is just the icing on the cake.

PeterTheNinth

Hi there, the Springboard site says that you have to be unemployed? I'm not currently unemployed, so that makes me ineligible, no?

https://www.springboardcourses.ie/eligibility

Senna

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Hi there, the Springboard site says that you have to be unemployed? I'm not currently unemployed, so that makes me ineligible, no?

https://www.springboardcourses.ie/eligibility

ICT courses don't require you to be unemployed.

Over 50 of the Springboard+ courses on offer are free, full-time or part-time conversion courses in the area of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). These conversion courses are open to suitably qualified applicants, regardless of employment status.

https://www.springboardcourses.ie/eligibility