问HN：计算机科学学位，是否再次变得重要？
简而言之；跳到--------<p>上一次我在“问HN”时，我的处境非常不同。刚从一个训练营毕业，正值Covid招聘的高峰期，随后又经历了崩溃。结果并不理想。然而，另一位HN读者向我推荐了Upwork，在过去的两年里，我逐渐建立了一个适度的自由职业生涯。<p>我来自汽车行业，收入非常糟糕，后来搬到了湾区，在旧金山当了自行车快递员，因为我不知道自己该做什么，再次收入不佳。<p>到那时，我已经做了多年的业余程序员，因此我被卷入了训练营的潮流。这个项目很不错。我从中获得了我需要的东西，尽管证书的价值不值一提。<p>我在Upwork上获得了一份持续的合同，至今仍在进行，这真的改变了我的一切。我还在Akamai获得了一个云支持工程师的实习机会，虽然没有转正，但我不确定这是否是我真正想做的工作。对我来说，这更多的是一个敲门砖。<p>无论如何，现在我靠软件开发谋生。收入丰厚吗？不，然而这适合我的生活方式。<p>几年前，我们都被告知“你不需要学位，兄弟，学位已经过时，企业只关心你知道什么”。<p>我发现这并不是真的，经历了不少曲折，不过现在我至少有了一些专业经验。现在的就业市场对每个人来说都很糟糕。我并不一定在寻找工作，但在某个时刻，自由职业的辛苦和奔波可能会消退，或者我可能会对此感到厌倦。<p>既然这些都说完了，我的问题是……<p>----------<p>我考虑过攻读在线计算机科学学位。似乎这可以花费不到15,000美元，并且在赚钱的同时也可以完成。<p>这是个坏主意吗？这是个好主意吗？如果我想在未来有就业能力，这是否必要？
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tldr; skip to the --------<p>Last time I "Asked HN", I was in a very different place. Fresh out of a bootcamp, right at the peak, and subsequent collapse of the Covid hiring. It didn't go well. However, another HN reader turned me on to Upwork, and over the last 2 years, I've been building modest freelancing career.<p>I came from an automotive background where I made awful money, moved to the Bay Area, became a bike messenger in San Francisco because I didn't know what to do with myself, and once again made awful money.<p>I had been a hobbyist programmer for years by this point, so I got sucked into the bootcamp racket. The program was great. I got what I needed out of it, although the certificate wasn't worth the paper it was printed on.<p>I landed an ongoing contract on Upwork, which I still work on which really changed everything for me. I also landed an internship at Akamai as a Cloud Support Engineer, which never resulted in employment, but I'm not sure it's the type of work that I really want to be doing. It was more of a foot in the door type thing for me.<p>Either way, I am now making a living off of software development. A lucrative living? no, but it works for my lifestyle.<p>Several years ago, we were all told "You don't need a degree bro, degrees are obsolete bro, companies only care about what you know".<p>I found out that this wasn't true the hard way, however now I at least have some professional experience to my name. The job market is bad for everyone right now. I'm not necessarily looking for a job ATM, but at some point, the grind and hustle of freelancing might either fizzle out, or I might just get tired of it.<p>Now that that's out of the way, here is my question...<p>----------<p>I've thought about doing an online CS degree. It seems like this can be done for less than 15 grand, and also doable while still making money.<p>Is this a bad idea? Is this a good idea? Is this necessary if I want to be employable in the future?