I am sure there are a hundred and one of these kinds of questions, but I am hoping that you would not mind indulging another one. I am a 40 year old female that has worked in the IT field for about 2 years now as a tech. I don’t have a tech degree and I am considering going and getting one. However, when I research around what I find is a lot of people who are my age having tough time finding decent jobs, even looking to get out of the field altogether. I have people that are telling me to get an MIS degree that way my age could become an asset for management positions. I wonder if an MIS degree is simply the “hot degree of the moment” and that a CS would ultimately take me further. I also wonder if I should forget it, seeing all that do see about those leaving the field and the state of the IT field in general.
My question is this…would it be worth it to get the degree given the current state of the IT industry? Does age and gender play as much of a role as I am reading? If I decide to go ahead with the degree, how does one “hedge their bets”, per se, and make sure they are marketable?
Thanks in advance for any advice, help that you offer.