I’m trying to decide whether it would be worth spending an additional 2 years upgrading my associates to a bachelor’s in CS or not.

I don’t see much of a demand for the RHCSA in my area (Toronto, Canada) but I see that basically every job posting has a degree requirement.

I’d be 25 by the time I finish school with the degree but I honestly just want to start applying for jobs I don’t want to waste time.

I have the A+, CCNA and LFCS. I get my associates next week.

I’m aware that I’ll probably get a bunch of responses of people saying “I don’t have a degree or certifications!” but I’m genuinely confused as to how you’re in IT without either of those things unless you knew someone or got in very early so some elaboration would be nice.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    No certificate now but if I was starting out I would get Red Hat certifications. Also Azure certs.

    IMHO, a CS degree doesn’t help you at all for sysadmin work but having a bachelors degree does. It is stupid but many employers have a bachelor’s degree as a minimum requirement…regardless of what it was in.