<p>“The vast majority of CS college graduates happen to be young people, the CEO can’t change that.”</p>
<p>I am not talking about just those graduting with CS degrees today. I am talking abouut those in the field. Plenty of programmers and engineers who lost their josb after the dot.com burst have left the field. These people are well into their 30s, if not their 40s. THese are the ones being discriminated against. Only 19% of CS majors are employed in their field 20 years after graduation, compared to 52% of civil engineers.</p>
<p>I have to agree with homer. You will be 33-35 when you graduate and the economy is not that great. You have to look at your marketability as well as job availability. Engineers are not making the salaries they once did and the jobs prospects are limited. We have way too many undergrads who take on 40-60000+ worth of student loan debt to go to “the best school”. Many will spend the rest of their lives paying back debt or not paying anything back. Of course if any portion of the loan is federal than we the tax payers are SOL. I know many people working on their second BA/S or second Master degree. They have limited work experience and find it difficult to get jobs and have used all loan money to complete these degrees. Think very hard.</p>
<p>Have you considered talking with someone in admissions at TAMU and see if you can transfer in directly? Since you already have an associates degree, I think starting at CC would be a waste of time, should you decide to pursue this.</p>