Comment by douglasisshiny
1 day ago
I might suggest a third option, which I pursued. Found a job at a public university system in my pre software development role. Received tuition remission and worked full-time while also going to school part time (online) -- my job would cover six credits a semester. And since I already had a bachelors, I was able to get a bachelors in computer science with 42 or 45 credits, and graduate in about 2.5 years (including summer courses).
Aren’t new CS grads having a terrible time finding work given the combination of AI and layoffs?
I can't speak to that (I'm about a decade in). I have read some things, but they're anecdotes and the majority of people who find a decent job out of college probably aren't going online to talk about it on reddit (compared to people who cannot find a job). The best data I can find quickly is from the NY Fed showing the unemployment rate for new college grads (aged 22-27) is 5.3 as of late last year: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:...