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HDip Accounting -vs- HDip Software Development

  • 08-11-2025 04:32PM
    #1
    dv89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi all. Graduated with a BA in History back in 2014 from Maynooth and am looking to study something more practical. Two of the degrees available to me for the academic year 2026-27 are the HDip in Accounting and the HDip in Software Development.

    While I've been self-studying Accounting in recent months I find the content to be extremely dry and boring. I've tried some coding practice on Java compilers and while it's infinitely more interesting and creative than Accounting, it feels like something I might mess up at the academic level. And even if I did graduate with the HDip I'd be up against people with the 3-4 year degrees. I've honestly no idea why any employer would chose someone with a one-year HDip over say a candidate with the four year CSSE course. Adding to that there seems to be more CS graduates than there are jobs available within the industry.

    Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you



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