23 year old here.I have an associate's degree at a community college. This guarentees me to a state college, which apparently is solid. I can try to graduate in 2 years.However, I have an opportunity to to pursue a higher ranked college that's with in the top 35 programs for CS. It's supposedly more difficult, and I would need to really buckle down. I'd have to complete every possible perquisite in said CC before even thinking of transferring so I can avoid things like curved classes. There's also a system if where I'd need to get more than B- in 3 classes, and my CC will let me get 2 of those 3 leaving just the one before I don't have to worry about major approval.What should I do?
>>34328785Save your money and spend 2 years building a portfolio instead
>>34328807I need to get a degree.It's not like I'm not practicing either. (Tho maybe I am since Claude is doing everything for me)
>>34328785You should only choose institutions if you want to work as a researcher in their academia programs.If you want to be a wagie, go to any one. Go to one rich people take their kids to if you want success, you need to network with them for that.
Engineering degrees tend to be a bit workaholic for the average individual. I find business degrees to be a lot better just for making it through to get a decent paying job.
>>34328785As someone with a comp sci degree, don't.It's a dead field. Executives think AI can replace all coders and engineers. It doesn't matter that it actually can't, what matters is that the people in charge of hiring think it can.
>>34328785The fact is that the two schools are probably close to equal in quality. If you have the money, go to the better school just because of their rep on the job market and because they are likely to have a better help-you-get-a-job office. If you don't have the money, do the state school.
