Conversion masters in Software Development/Engineering

[Kiechi]

Has anyone done one? And if so, where did it take you? And do you have any advice for anyone who's about to do one?

Always wanted to work in I.T. Decided at first to go down the support route, because I thought that's what I wanted. But realised it really isn't for me and that software development is what lights me up.

 

[dowie]

I've not got one, I'm aware of what they are.

You don't necessarily need a CS or software engineering degree to be a programmer - if you've already got a quantitative degree then it might not be worthwhile to take a year out of work and hand over several thousand in fees in order to pursue something like this. There are plenty of resources online if you want to learn how to program etc...

something like this might well get you where you want faster:

https://eu.udacity.com/nanodegree

On the other hand if you've got a degree employers recruiting for technical roles don't tend to ask for then perhaps the conversion course could be a good idea. Maybe it is also a good idea if your undergrad was at an average to low rated university and the conversion course gets you a degree from a uni with a good brand name as good brand name tends to help you land that initial interview and also means lots of employers specifically targeting your university/department with job offers.

 

[Pho]

Have you any programming experience? I'd much rather hire someone who was enthusiastic and talented over someone who just had a degree. The last software dev. we employed was a piano teacher with a masters in music, but he thoroughly enjoyed programming having done some C++ as part of some digital music module or something.

I have a CS degree but a lot of the stuff I was taught could have been easily learned through online courses/YouTube etc nowadays.