Will You Be Working On A Degree Beyond A Bachelor Degree: Fill & Download for Free

So, no surprises, you can’t. I’m not the best, and you won’t even be as good as me in 6 months.But what do you actually want to achieve?Write an application? Start a degree? Get a job?Be more clear on your end goal, and you can work towards it better.Obviously, start writing little applications in Java.The Oracle Java Tutorials are one start point. I can recommend buying the book Spring in Action and working through their ‘Spittr’ app case study.Beyond that, you might look at building a portfolio of small apps and applying for internships, apprenticeships and entry level jobs.Many of these require a Bachelors degree in either computing, science, engineering or maths. Just because.So six months in, you will be at an early phase of your growth. Keep at it, keep learning, keep pushing yourself

When I was in second grade or so, I recall asking my father at the dinner table what came after twelfth grade. He responded that college levels were freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. I asked what came after that. He said Masters and Doctorate.So I decided to get a doctorate.Nobody else in my family had a graduate degree, and only my father had a bachelors. I didn’t know anyone with a PhD. I didn’t have any idea of what majors were or what jobs you could get. It was the most difficult thing on the list, so I was going to do it.For a time in junior high I wanted to be a minister because that was the most difficult profession I could imagine (keep in mind I had lived up to that time in rural West Virginia). Even getting my bachelor’s degree I had only the haziest notions of what laboratories were (I had heard of Bell Labs) and no idea at all that I could actually work for one.So what are the relevant factors? Perhaps a stubborn streak and a certain lack of imagination.

Yes. Also no. But the truth is: It's almost always a HUGE mistake.The stupidest degree is the one that doesn't pay you back. A law degree from a premier university is "the stupidest degree" if you're going into fashion merchandising. In the end, there is no stock answer. A Liberal Arts degree may be the best degree in the world -- IF you are going to use it. If not, then get something else that is [a] in demand by the market and [b] likely to prepare you best for the rapid-changing world of work.When in doubt. . . (scroll to the end).I'm going to explain something to you first that most kids don't get. I plea. I beg. I desperately tell kids this and they don't listen. Kids are so dumb. Here's the nugget of what I'm telling you: Education in the US is cheaper than you think. You've just been lied to for years about how expensive it is and are likely prepared to spend more than you should.This will tie into your liberal arts question momentarily. Please bear with me.In some rare circumstances, your Stanford or Duke or Harvard or MIT or Caltech or Princeton education will give you an ROI. But for the most of us, the people entering the general work force, the "where" you got your degree doesn't matter (just don't get an online one, unless it's from a brick-and-mortar school; more on that later). In all 50 states, there are community colleges. All of them have a university partnership. If you pursue your select degree from there, then you can literally graduate with little to nothing in debt.But how does this answer your question.The answer is that the only degree that is useless is the one that doesn't pay you back. How does this work?If you're rich and your parents will pay for your degree, then it doesn't really matter. Just get whatever degree you want from whatever school you want. You won't graduate with a ton of debt and having a degree (here's the answer) is always better than no degree at all.There are questions that you need to ask:Will you go on to get a graduate, post-graduate degrees?Will you be going into a field like science or teaching or business or IT?How much debt can you afford to accrue?But full stop. That's about it. If you must pay for your degree out of your pocket, then a Liberal Arts degree, while better than nothing, is the single most useless degree ever invented. I'm a recruiter. I'm not a college professor shilling things to you to make you feel better. The collegiate way of looking at valuable degrees is different.From a recruiter's stand point, the degree in question is utterly pointless. It's the kind of degree that most of us see and think, "There's someone who wandered aimlessly through college." And the numbers don't lie -- it's kind of true. But, the flip side to this is, many companies will never hire someone without a degree and this degree + experience is as good as psychology or general education or basket weaving. Most do want it to be a brick-and-mortar college and with special "negative" attention to University of Phoenix, DeVry, Capella -- they consider them substandard (and with good reason, some are). The college degree is there to open many doors that will otherwise be shut to you; you need the right degree to be that key.Nuanced answers:If you insist on getting this degree and if you're going to enter the general work force, then you should go to a community college and use the university partnership. Get this degree, accrue little debt. Nobody will care where you got your degree from.If you're going on to do post-graduate kind of stuff, then the university you get it from may matter, and you should take that into consideration. You should also take into consideration the odds of landing a good teaching job that will pay you back for that. Still may be better to take the university partnership at your local community college and get that university stamped on your diploma.If you are flexible in your degree options, are going into banking or retail or business of some kind, get a degree that is directed at that area. It sucks that the job market does this to young people, but you need something that will look good on paper. The university partnership at your local community college will be good enough. Us that. Save money.If you are aiming for Microsoft or Google or Facebook or LinkedIn or Apple, then you need a premier university on your diploma. Okay, you don't absolutely need it, but it helps. Stanford, MIT and CalTec are all industry leaders and their alumni network + their name on your diploma will open doors that Ohio State or CUNY won't open.Companies generally don't care where you studied. They really don't. Because if this, your first mission is to assess your career goals and choose the right university path. Sometimes this means NO university (maybe an apprenticeship). If you get that squared away, then you need to choose the right degree. Sorry to inform you -- the world lied to you.You don't get to just "be passionate and follow your heart". You've gotta' get some ROI or you'll have wasted all this precious time. First -- assess the best career path. Second -- choose the right university. Third -- choose the right degree. Don't get seduced by the nicest college near you. Go for price. Chance are you don't need the private education -- god knows, nobody beyond a few niche companies care about them.When in doubt, if you know college is good for you and is your correct path (instead of, say, plumbing or carpentry):If you're math inclined: BSc Chemistry, Physics or best yet, Engineering.If you're IT inclined: Bachelors of Computer Science (the "Computer Science" is better than "IT")If you're business inclined: Bachelors of Administration, Accounting or Project Management (which is useful for all managers).If you think you might go the medical route: DO NOT get a "pre-med" degree. Go for BSc in Nursing + all the requirements. If you have to quit, at least you've got that degree.Degrees to avoid: BSc Psychology , Liberal Arts, Marketing or General Studies. These degrees are ONLY niche useful and mostly as a route to higher studies.Who I've recruited for:GoodyearCleveland ClinicKey BankUS SteelPNC BankFifth-Third BankWolters-KluwerPolyOneBerkshire-Hathaway / LubrizolProgressive InsuranceNationwide InsuranceAllstate InsuranceCity of ClevelandKrogerHondaCitiGroupHuntington BankDuke EnergyTimeWarner CableSmuckerUS Department of Defense / DFASAnthemMedical MutualLuxoticaProcter & GambleGE LightingNot one has ever cared about the university someone attended.