Finding a different way.
Weigh the route, time and evidence involved in changing careers, including when a move is the wrong call. Starting again costs more than the course fee.
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Most career-change content is written for the spreadsheet stage, not the interview. The interview tests two things the advice never names, and that's where the plan tends to fail.
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Is a computer science degree worth it in the UK?
For a specific route, yes, and it's still one of the best bets going. For most people asking the question, no. Here's the tradeoff nobody selling either route wants to put this cleanly.
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