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12 Oct 2020

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25 year old just ord, is it wise to go university? Or should I just work?

For context, took the ite > poly route thus just finished ns. Most ppl my age are either uni grad or already started working so in terms of earning potential I'm way behind. The reason why I'd consider uni is because I'm keen to study IT but I was a creative graduate so am in a dilemma. Should I go to uni 3-4 years with potential high starting pay or start work as a low paying creative but work my way up. The latter would mean I'd be debt free but I'm really keen on IT. Will uni be worth it?

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Perhaps you can consider doing a part-time undergraduate degree? You can work to finance your degree and also enjoy the potentially higher pay that you mentioned. Here are some part-time programmes:

SUSS: https://www.suss.edu.sg/part-time-undergraduate
SIM: https://www.sim.edu.sg/learn-sim/pages/part-tim...
NTU: http://pace.ntu.edu.sg/LifelongLearning/PTProgr...

But there are definitely a lot more out there if you do a Google search.

Regarding your interest in IT, perhaps you can take some online courses to see which areas of IT interest you the most? From there, you can see how technical you wish to go in the IT industry next time. Because the IT industry is really broad and there are both technical and non-technical jobs in IT. Knowing what you want will help you decide the course to take in uni - e.g. computer science, business analytics, computer engineering, information systems etc. (they should like the same things but they are not).

And if age is a concern for you, from my experience in uni, there is actually quite a significant group of undergraduates who are 25 yo and above and I personally know someone who took a similar route as you so no worries about that in my opinion, just focus on what you want :)

Tan Kel Vin

05 Aug 2020

Financial YouTuber at Kelvin Learns Investing

Having gone to university studying tech myself, I would say... if you can learn online, that would be the best. Reason being, in Singapore university, you would have to pick up on a lot of extra subjects not related to your main degree, like math, arts & social science subjects, general modules etc etc. Those will waste your time and money.

HOWEVER, Singapore universities has 2 benefits: you get to network with alot of people, half of them will become bosses and entrepreneurs. Another is you get to exchange overseas to meet new ppl + experience new stuff.

TLDR: go to university if you wan the experience, learn online if you wanna level grind quickly​​​

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