I need a Bachelors ASAP... what are the options for working parents?
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
I presume you are serious, so will not offer the facetious answer of just buying one from the internet. Here in UK we have a system called the Open University that offers degrees, is there something similar in the US? They take Qualifications you already have and build degree course around them, and they are accepted as full degrees,(in somcases better than normal ones from crappy universities).
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
I just Googled this: Degree Advice[^] but I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole bolted to the end of another barge pole. Try the OU: takes a bit longer but it is a real degree: I'm not far off mine. On the other hand I've never had a problem without one and don't know anyone that has not got a role because of it if they have good experience. You could also go for Microsoft accreditation but barely worth the paper they're printed on: you could Google for web sites that sell passes (or, at least, there used to be).
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
I've seen Masters courses that can be started based on your life skills / non degree qualifications. This might be a quicker route to a degree than a bachelors course (although I don't know 100% how the US system works) The open university will sometimes offer part credits towards degrees for various certificates / skills but again that's the UK so things may be different in the US.
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
Employers that are looking for Software developers rarely care about degrees. If you want a non-software job where employers actually care about degrees you will need to get a real one. Congress is currently investigating private colleges such as Devry and University of Phoenix and has cast a shadow over the quality of the education (more so than the shadow that already exists). I have been doing what I have been doing for a long time and no one has asked for my degree, my transcript, or even my H.S. diploma. I will tell you what I told my little brother, who does not possess a G.E.D. or an H.S. Diploma, if it really bothers you or you feel it is holding you back; lie about it. No one checks. College education is slowly becoming a joke anyway. At least in the States.
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
Try the University of Phoenix for online programs.
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
SingleDad wrote:
I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP.
If the degree you want is any good, ASAP is not an option. A good education takes time, experience even longer. No educational establishment should give you a degree solely on the basis of things you did before you signed up.
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Employers that are looking for Software developers rarely care about degrees. If you want a non-software job where employers actually care about degrees you will need to get a real one. Congress is currently investigating private colleges such as Devry and University of Phoenix and has cast a shadow over the quality of the education (more so than the shadow that already exists). I have been doing what I have been doing for a long time and no one has asked for my degree, my transcript, or even my H.S. diploma. I will tell you what I told my little brother, who does not possess a G.E.D. or an H.S. Diploma, if it really bothers you or you feel it is holding you back; lie about it. No one checks. College education is slowly becoming a joke anyway. At least in the States.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Employers that are looking for Software developers rarely care about degrees
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
College education is slowly becoming a joke anyway.
The degree just gets you the first real job... The first job gets you the second one... Unless you really screw up and get fired (As opposed to laid-off/downsized), in which case you go back to step 1 :)
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
The end game is to look good in an interview and get the good job. If it is a tech job, you might be able to make up for a lack of a degree by doing a few things (which will probably help you personally, too). Here is a couple.. 1. Pick a good research topic in IT which is relevant to the area you want to work in. Be sure it has a relationship to increasing a business's competitive advantage in some way. Write a paper on it and have it published on a reputable site or a magazine. Make this paper front and center on your resume. This will make you look just as academic and learned as the next guy who spent big $$ and time on a degree. 2. Show your competency in an unrelated field that does not generally involve degrees. If you can say, for example, "I am an expert mechanic and stay current with all of the latest developments in the electrical components that are used in vehicles today," then you might look more curious and smarter than the average person--which is usually what a degree does. Any company would like to have such a person on their staff doing IT/dev work.
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I presume you are serious, so will not offer the facetious answer of just buying one from the internet. Here in UK we have a system called the Open University that offers degrees, is there something similar in the US? They take Qualifications you already have and build degree course around them, and they are accepted as full degrees,(in somcases better than normal ones from crappy universities).
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
I presume you are serious, so will not offer the facetious answer of just buying one from the internet. Here in UK we have a system called the Open University that offers degrees, is there something similar in the US? They take Qualifications you already have and build degree course around them, and they are accepted as full degrees,(in somcases better than normal ones from crappy universities).
I think alot of schools are offering stuff like that now. I know there is "Flex / online schooling classes found in from some of the colleges in Edmonton here. Plan to take a couple myself ( gotta keep some sort of edge). Wish I could get my chef papers that way as well (I have the experience in that field as well, wouldn't mind getting the certification. never know when it'll come in handy).
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
Given your title, my first thought was "Does this woman want to cheat on her husband, or is she looking to spice up their 'night life'." But given your name, "SingleDad", I realized you didn't have to be married to be a parent and you didn't have to be a woman. I really must get rid of all these stereotypes I have locked up in my head. :rolleyes:
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I'm a busy dad and need to get a degree ASAP. I have plenty of life experience, and am always learning new things. My work has me focused primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I need to somehow convert these credentials into a legitimate degree that employers will accept. Since distance learning is probably my only option, is anyone aware of a way to convert life skills and industry certifications (MCSE/MCSD) into college degrees? ... Are those degrees accepted by employers? Thanks!
SingleDad wrote:
need to get a degree ASAP
Why? Other than to get your very first job it has very limited value other than yourself esteem. A degree may be relevant if you are going through an agency for the first time but it unlikely that an employer will be very interested. Experience and accomplishment are the things that will get you further employment. Unless of course you need the degree for a totally unrelated reason.
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