Changing career to software development?

[rachel83az]

I agree with bjcheung77; start with TADA/Coursera and Sophia.org. You already have a degree, so you're going to be more desirable than someone without a degree. You just need certs and a few github projects/good portfolio to show that you can actually do the software engineering work. If you meet every criteria that a company is looking for, except you have the "wrong" type of degree, you're going to be infinitely more hireable to most companies compared to someone who has the "right" degree but who only meets one or two other criteria.