Skill Building

Definitely a skill instead of gear, but I figure you gear heads can probably help me out.

People think that I can program.
I keep running into it over and over.
It's honestly getting pretty frustrating.
I was self-taught and can fudge it when needed.

I have recently found out that I need 30 total credit hours in programming, statistics, and/or math beyond calculus (who does that many hours beyond calc??!!!) to be hired on permanently at the expected pay grade within the company where I currently work (if you know where I work, shush).

I have... 7.

I don't meet the basic educational requirements to fit into their little box.

So.
Does anyone want to recommend a programming program at a university? Something cheap that covers the basics? Something that will give me more than 20 credit hours of coursework along the way? Someplace accredited in the USA?

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Oh, and in case you know me and are going to ask, the university where I adjunct teach on the side... doesn't have a way for their instructors take courses for credit.

 

Python seems to be the current favorite flavor

It's liked by Data Scientists too

Free
You can find many online tutorials

 

Yeah... that's the problem. It needs to show up on a university transcript.

Python is the plan. I even have a book on it...

 

Yes, they have many Python classes, for most universities
And even some that focus on certain skillsets or context...like Data Science or otherwise

It’s been around long enough that it’s established and even lagging university scholastics have created standard criteria for it.

Might want to consider other languages that are also established, like .Net/C#, Java, Perl
Or apps tools that leverage and specialize what your focus is

And if you don’t know it already, SQL
With some emphasis on ETL and big data extraction...making it do much faster queries to get to your analytical tools which is just the surface.
It will give you an advantage.

R, Hadoop, etc are others to consider
There’s a plethora to dive into

 

I'm not asking for suggestions on what to learn.

I am asking about specific degree paths and certificates that offer tangible college credit.

 

try the non-matriculated route at any of the local universities for online coursework. Do you fulfill the residency requirement where you are residing currently? If you do check out the local state system. If not, check out the local community college system and see if that also qualifies you. At this point, I'm imagining that it doesn't matter where you get the remaining 23 courses as the name should no longer matter as you aren't getting a degree but just fulfilling some requirements.

 

Oooh good point.