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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Finding one that would fund your degree would be the hardest part.
In IT, industry based qualifications tend to have more weight, things like the CCNA and MCSE, than an degree.
To be honest, if I were interviewing someone, their personal experience and IT qualifications would outweigh even an "IT" based degree
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I would agree, and add that a lot of companies will weigh relevant experience as more important than any qualifications.
I myself have a BTEC (OND) in computer studies (the equivelant of a couple of A Levels) and am currently working with a team where most of the people below me are graduates, but with a lot less "real world" experience.
I thought my lack of a degree would hamper my career, but most if not all jobs I look at have "degree or relevant experience" as a requirement, and I find that 15 years Unix and 7.5 of that with a mojor vendor tends to open the doors to e interview pretty well.