Does anyone have experience with open university? Its quite popular here in UK, but I wanted to see if any of you have any experiences with it or know anyone who has.
Basically, I am tired of working as a code monkey in a small web dev company. All I do is convert PSDs into HTML/CSS/JS themes and also write WordPress plugins. It was fun at first while I was learning it, but now after a few years its getting ridiculous.
Its a very easy job, in a sense that you don't really need to think much or solve problems. Its more like you get a design in PSD format, slice it up, save the layers out, write the basic HTML structure, style it in CSS, make a WP theme out of it, and maybe write one or two PHP plugins for WP and you are done. The problem is this job does not require me to do research, to solve interesting problems or to do anything interesting, as 99% of websites I get to build are very simple basic websites that anyone could do. I have no desire to be stuck in this job for all my life. I know I can do more than that. I want to do more than that. So I decided to get myself a degree. Computer Science.
Now I have to keep living, so I can't quit my current low payed job, and hence I have to study after work. So I though Open University fits the bill pretty well. I get a proper full BSc degree plus I get to do it at my own pace at any time I want to flexibly.
So, before I sign up I wanted to see if anyone here has any tips or info for me regarding this.
I have these three choices to choose from:
- Computer Science pathway - Networking Pathwayand - Software Development pathwayI love both coding and networking stuff, so still unsure which is better.
Obviously both are very different so I might as well just go for the classic Computer Science pathway and chose to specialize later on.
Advice on this would also be appreciated, especially in regards to the industry and career outlook.
So if you got a minute or two, and have experience in any of this, I would really appreciate any info or tips on what I want to do.
Thank you
