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becomingasenior:
Hi!
I'm working as a hardware engineer, with about 4-5 years of experience (professional).

I don't have a bachelors as when I started it, parents were in a tight financial situation and I focused on work. I managed to get freelance gigs and build my knowledge up to be accepted by first a smaller hardware company and now a big corporation.

The fact that I don't have a bachelors bothers me, but more in the diploma sense, not the education. (Of course, I would learn things, but I have gathered knowledge from working on things). What I would also add is that not a single customer/company asked about not having a bachelors or higher, they were interested in my knowledge.

What I'm trying to figure out and get others opinion on is should I pursue a bachelors/masters or should I focus on other ways to get certified like IPC CID/CID+ or others (please advice what are some other options)

Thanks!
IanB:
It's always useful to have the formal qualification. You never know when it might come up, and you will likely find it personally fulfilling to accomplish.

I would suggest you investigate part time options so you can study in your own time without giving up work. Have you checked with your employer? Some employers will sponsor further education with financial subsidies and provision of time off to study.
thm_w:

--- Quote from: becomingasenior on May 10, 2023, 02:43:35 pm ---The fact that I don't have a bachelors bothers me, but more in the diploma sense, not the education. (Of course, I would learn things, but I have gathered knowledge from working on things).
--- End quote ---

If all that matters is the diploma, you can pay a fake school a few hundred dollars and get a piece of paper.
Gathered knowledge is great, but it tends to be more practical and less theoretical. Sure you can get a lot done, but you'll miss some of that low level physics/math/etc base knowledge.

As IanB says, try to get your current company to pay for you to study part time.
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