Should I stay the course in I.T or make the switch to an engineering degree?
So I’m 29 (M). I’m in my last semester for my AAS in Software Development, and I currently work 40 hours a week as a SharePoint/PowerApps developer, making close to $80k.
With the way the future is going AI and offshoring affecting IT positions I’m trying to think long term. With my current degree, I won’t have many transfer credits.
One option is to stay at the community college and complete my general courses pursuing another AS with an engineering focus. This would basically restart my path and take another four years of my life. I currently receive the full Pell Grant, but I would likely still go into some debt for the engineering degree maybe around $30k.
The other option is to go to WGU. My Pell Grant would cover a lot of it, and my job would pay the rest. I would go for a Bachelor’s in IT or a Bachelor’s in Cloud and Network Engineering.