Degree for Breaking into Tech and Further Study Options

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But my main concern for TESU is that speed-running a degree in 1 year will not really prepare me for employment or grad school, especially in this market and competition. 

I’m wondering if it’s worth taking 2 years to complete the TESU program in order to better absorb the content of the curriculum. Another thing I’m curious about is whether speed-running the degree in 1 year would give me enough free time for self-study. 

If you plan to work in software development, you should focus on learning programming languages and building projects.

With TESU you are taking Sophia or Study.com to learn programming languages. That will give you the basics but you need more knowledge to build your skills.

You are probably best off going the self-taught programmer route and building up your skills outside of college. Then, after you get a couple of years of work experience, you can decide if you want to get a degree.

A lot of people start off with:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/

Then go and do other things such as Udemy courses.

Here's a Youtube video of how one person learned how to program in around 4 months





ALEX JONES is referenced in the video, but you probably won't notice if you are not into American politics.