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    Triple degrees?

    I'm just looking for opinions on how helpful this might or might not be when it comes to a career.

    I'm going to finish my Associate's in web development next semester. I currently have financial aid paying for everything and they will until spring 2018, so I have an entire year I can use if I want. After speaking with my adviser and a couple of my teachers and looking at what credits I already have overlap with what I need, I've discovered that I actually can get two additional degrees in those three months, one in networking (with a CISCO specialization) and the other in computer programming (the school doesn't offer many choices here but I'm thinking Java and C#). I'm still planning to make web development my primary field but I'm thinking the other two degrees would make great supplementary degrees, or if nothing else, a good fallback in case I can't find a we development job.

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    From a knowledge standpoint, I don't see the harm in it -- at all.

    From a career advancement/"put it on the resume" standpoint, opinions can be widely varied. An Associates degree (even multiple ones) is not generally viewed as "valuable" as a Bachelors degree in the "corporate world" (look at job descriptions on job sites for evidence of this). That said, some people put very little stock into Associates degrees; and some places are fine with them, if you can demonstrate the knowledge. It really does vary.

    Look above and beyond that, as well. Study up on popular JavaScript frameworks (Angular, TypeScript, jQuery, knockout, etc.). A good way to do this is to take a decent sampling of job postings and see what sort of things they're looking for, so you'll know what to study up on.

    Additionally, brush up on Design Patterns, SOLID principles, Test-Driven Development, as well as good database design. Though with database design, each company might have their own policies and procedures, but it doesn't hurt to have the knowledge.

    Depending on what you know re: web development, you'll notice a lot of parallels with computer programming. Syntax may be largely the same in the middle and back-end, it's the front-end that might change.

    Another thing that's becoming even more popular now is web services and microservices with JSON.

    Also, I don't know if they're teaching you this or not, but read up on some of the popular development methodologies being used right now. More popular ones are forms of Agile, SCRUM, Kanban, and SAFe.

    If you want some suggestions/recommendations on books and/or websites, PM me and I can recommend a couple for you.
    Last edited by mjr; 10-27-2016, 06:28 PM.
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      Quoth mjr View Post
      An Associates degree (even multiple ones) is not generally viewed as "valuable" as a Bachelors degree in the "corporate world" (look at job descriptions on job sites for evidence of this).
      The problem is, in my area of the country, there are very few Bachelor's programs available in computer-related fields. The accreditation group that presides over the area from, IIRC, Virginia to Texas doesn't accredit enough classes to make up a Bachelor's in web development. When you combine that with the fact that I'll only have three semesters of financial aid left after I finish this degree, well, I don't really have the option to go for a Bachelor's right now.

      However, I am looking at moving back to Arizona sometime in the next few years and they have Bachelor's programs in web development there, so that's something I'm hoping to get around to.
      The fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people.

      You would have to be incredibly dense for the world to revolve around you.

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        Quoth Aragarthiel View Post
        The problem is, in my area of the country, there are very few Bachelor's programs available in computer-related fields. The accreditation group that presides over the area from, IIRC, Virginia to Texas doesn't accredit enough classes to make up a Bachelor's in web development. When you combine that with the fact that I'll only have three semesters of financial aid left after I finish this degree, well, I don't really have the option to go for a Bachelor's right now.

        However, I am looking at moving back to Arizona sometime in the next few years and they have Bachelor's programs in web development there, so that's something I'm hoping to get around to.
        In that case, while you're working toward these three associates degrees, why not work on building a portfolio and checking into some of the books/resources I mentioned above?

        This way, going into the job market you can put some "portfolio" pieces on your resume.
        Skilled programmers aren't cheap. Cheap programmers aren't skilled.

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