Hmm...interesting data, and it changes from one decade to the next.
When I first graduated in the early 1990s I had an English degree and could write or analyze my way out of anything, but I couldn't land a decent paycheck job - only temp work.
Then I got a business degree and that produces a solid paycheck by the late 1990s, but the writing skill above became essential to getting promoted and moving up.
I've since earned a psych degree and a few others for the fun of it, but the psych degree was the most essential for management and understanding how to deal with people, especially organizational psych.
Certs are really for skill-upgrading, not getting a job per se. They help open promotional doors when you want to side-step into another area.
And I've earned 3 IT degrees but they haven't produced a cent in income yet. Those really are for my projects when I retire. I have no illusions of a 2nd career in tech with them. I'd rather hang out my own shingle with a new income stream since I've been running my own business with ecommerce for a few years already.
Hmm...interesting data, and it changes from one decade to the next.
When I first graduated in the early 1990s I had an English degree and could write or analyze my way out of anything, but I couldn't land a decent paycheck job - only temp work.
Then I got a business degree and that produces a solid paycheck by the late 1990s, but the writing skill above became essential to getting promoted and moving up.
I've since earned a psych degree and a few others for the fun of it, but the psych degree was the most essential for management and understanding how to deal with people, especially organizational psych.
Certs are really for skill-upgrading, not getting a job per se. They help open promotional doors when you want to side-step into another area.
And I've earned 3 IT degrees but they haven't produced a cent in income yet. Those really are for my projects when I retire. I have no illusions of a 2nd career in tech with them. I'd rather hang out my own shingle with a new income stream since I've been running my own business with ecommerce for a few years already.