3. Looking to get a third degree and want brutally honest advice on my prospects.

Looking to get a third degree and want brutally honest advice on my prospects.

I'll be honest (as requested), you're spending too much time in school & spending money on courses to learn graphics and coding? Very bad idea, I am a marketing director with a BBA...I thought myself graphic design on the job & as a hobby - I can produce better graphics to support marketing & business needs than most agencies. Adobe illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop - packaged files. I taught my wife enough where she was able to get contract work as a designer herself, and she self learned more from YouTube...

It's the same song with developers and programmers. Honestly that's a tough road to hoe and I don't recommend it, it's highly competitive and the personalities....man programmers and IT can be some real assholes.

Don't waste your money on another degree, it's stupid. If you really want to do it get off your ass research the best books available to learn - do all of the exercises in the books you buy and join a forum online where you can participate in some projects & ask for feedback on your code. Start your own projects and use them as proof points in your interviews. Live and breathe this shit, because it's the only way you're not going to fail.

A couple jobs back I worked at a software startup...we had some product developers. We'll some of them had degrees and whatnot, but the guy they hired to head the team, he was a different animal - he never went to school. He just knew programming and he was way ahead of the rest of the team, self taught.

The truth is college courses won't get you ready to work. For roles like graphic design or programming that are easily accessible...your degree is pretty meaningless, because what you need is work samples and references.

You have got to get the fuck out of college. Stop looking at continued institutionalized education as your answer, it's not... a degree is not a notable thing to put on your resume in 2020. Everybody has one or many.

Job titles & employers, that's what matters on a resume.

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