
I started self learning after O/L. Now earning more than 200k per month still without a degree. Degree doesn't matter when you have the talent and build experience gradually.
1. I had passion in IT, and mostly did self study.
2. Failed A/Ls.
3. Started working at age of 20 without getting paid in a company as a trainee.
4. Went up in career ladder to become a Manager in the same company.
5. Worked freelance while doing full-time job
6. Resigned from job and started 2 companies. (reputed and popular startups in Colombo)
7. Now I have employees graduated from govt and pvt universities who get paid more than 200,000 monthly salary.
I'm mostly based on consistent selfstudy. I'm not saying paper qualifications doesn't matter.
PASSION IS THE KEY!
10+ years in the industry and I tell you that you can survive the industry with no degree. But the thing is you need to have good experience there's not a lot of doors open for an individual with no degree to begin with.
If you don't have a degree, do a few certifications that go with your field of interest and get involved with freelancing or something and build up experience.
You need to have a portfolio to convince the recruiters that they cannot ignore you just because you don't have a degree you are not someone with no knowledge or experience. That's what matters most.
Build up experience. It's not impossible and nobody gives a fuck if you have a degree or not after you establish yourself a position.
ඩිග්රී නැති උන්ට අඩු කුලේ කියලා සලකනවා වගේ කියන්නේ බොරු කතා එකේක කැරියෝ කියන. වැඩ පුලුවං නං ඩිග්රී වැඩක් නෑ
. BIT is around 60K total. so go for it. you can do it in weekends.
Im doing BIT 2nd yr now. working as a contract associate software engineer (that's how they call it :0). Pay is bad af (25K - 6 months experience) but still doing it because their training program is good. there are mentors to guide me.
My point is, there were lots of people from SLIIT, NSBM etc etc who pay around 15-20 lakhs for degrees but wasn't able to select from the interview. In the other hand I was able to. So degree isn't the big deal.
BIT is around 60K total. so go for it. you can do it in weekends.
more experienced people will comment on this. So far I'm fine.BIT එක ගැන ඇහුවම යාලුවෙක් කිව්වා ඒක කරන එක එච්චරම තේරුමක් නෑ කියලා. ඩිග්රියට වැඩි පිළිගැනීමක් නෑ කියලයි කිව්වේ
එහෙම කතාවක් තියෙනවද?
BIT එක ගැන ඇහුවම යාලුවෙක් කිව්වා ඒක කරන එක එච්චරම තේරුමක් නෑ කියලා. ඩිග්රියට වැඩි පිළිගැනීමක් නෑ කියලයි කිව්වේ
එහෙම කතාවක් තියෙනවද?
What is your position and how many heads are there in your company ?
See .. I did SLIIT and working abroad .. I`m holding a senior management position and entitled for around Rs. 1000K+ salary with other benefits. I have more than 9+years of experience in my field and I really don`t want any one to make a life worth decision based on advises of so called "self learners" and "free-lancers" who are hardly making Rs. 200K with odd jobs in online sites (Consider that US doller value is high and with few jobs you can cover Rs. 100K easily ). I`m talking about a career with potential to be a director and owning a respectable life with high salaries which you can showcase with anyone in the society.. It`s all up to you to take it or leave it , and still I strongly support the fact that a PROPER software engineer should have a relevant degree.