I’m 18 and I’m currently employed as an ASP and general web programmer. At the moment my future career hangs on a decision on whether to go straight into employment or go to Uni.
I work in a programming team with two software engineering graduates, both who got top grades. I work a very similar level as my collegues, and I get paid a very similar wage. If I decide to go to University I’ll do AI or software engineering, and if I go to work I’ll probably do something similar to what I’m doing now.
I’m going to be working until september anyway, but will it be better for me to do a computing degree which will start off covering a lot of things which I already can do, or should I go into work either as a contractor or with a large firm…
I would appreciate some opinions of people who would be responsible for hiring people such as myself or other IT professionals. I’d like to think that I’m quite good at what I do, and I enjoy doing it, but the road ahead is very puzzling.
Thanks
Andy