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!