Thank you for your answers.
Sorry for late reply , but the more people answer this question the better.
I made up my mind, and i will go for the degree.
There are , as some o you say , a lot of people in similar situation as i am so since i am convinced, maybe these answers will come in handy.
Thank you again for encouraging words of wisdom.
Hi
Ok, so now the *much* harder question:
What degree and from where?
There are a *lot* of places that will take your money / use up your time
and put you in a classroom. If you work at it, most of them will teach
you useful stuff in the process.
There are a smaller number of places that consistently do a good job of
teaching people. There are an even smaller group that have all of the
"certifications" from various organizations. This is *not* to say that a
dedicated student will only do well at one of these places.
The key issue is that the places with the certifications, give you a degree
that employers (and other institutions) will put more value on. This may
or may not matter, depending on what your goals are. I'd love to tell you
that companies all pay people simply based on merit.... that has not
been my observation over the years...
Another layer to this:
Where do you want to work?
There are a number of schools within 300 km of here that turn out good
graduates. If I travel to another part of the country, nobody has heard of
most of them. If I want to go to school here *and* work in another region,
I would do better going to a well known school. If I want to work in this
geographic region, that's not as big an issue.
Lots of decisions !!
Bob