No Matric no Degree / BSc - its the law in South Africa, no exceptions. The department of higher education wants to change this (soon) and I agree with them. But do not wait.
I would prefer an international degree, but they have similar expectations - I do believe they might be easier to apply to though, as they will evaluate me individually, and I'm pretty sure they might let me do one or two modules to prove myself, but it is expensive, 23,000 Pounds (where's the pound key) per annum.
Being hounest your remarks on not wanting to complete matric do show a bit of arrogance and I'm wondering if you have the commitment to actually study further?
It has nothing to do with arrogance, I chose not to do my matric through correspondence purely because it didn't teach me anything I needed in life - you might want to argue this point, but this is how I felt. Limited subjects were available, and not one interested me.
Not wanting to do matric now is for the exact same reason - it doesn't interest me, I'm not sure how matric works now, but I'm pretty sure the five of the six subjects I'd have to do are not going to help me in my career choice, so its a good waste of time.
Commitment to studying isn't a problem for me, I like reading, only read non-fiction, and I like a challenge - I did my MCSE, MCSD and MCDBA without the need of a tutor, passed most of them with 9xx/1000, four exams I got 1000/1000. If its something that interests me, I'll give 100% - matric doesn't interest me, and I'll loose interest fast.
I would never have guessed you do not have matric, xrapidx.
You seemed well educated, from you posts.
It does not mean lesser educated people are not wise, those are just my assumptions playing mindtricks on me ! Also, you said you are buying a R 2m house, which implies success, which *normally* imples a good education.
Again my fault for being narrowminded.
Education <> Intelligence. Some of the richest people in the world were school dropouts (which should require a bit of brain power, or a lot of luck).
Success can be had with a lot of hard work. I'm not fortunate to come from a rich family, so had to work hard, spent my first three months in Cape Town sleeping on the flaw with a small blanket and no pillow, my bed was the first thing I could afford to buy
what! xrapid is the shizznezz!
if it wasnt for him my pc would be ash in my dustbin. no tv series on my phone! no dvd writer!
Fanks
One comment I want to make here is that unless your under 30, nobody cares what you study, they
just like the idea that you did!
Our previous senior developer had a PhD in Physics. He is now the lead developer for one of the hotest platforms to hit economic scene. He only did coding in his first year of studies.
Instead of jerking around with unrespected educational institutions like CTI (LOL), rather do basic 6 mth certificate course through UNISA - check out:
http://cs-cert.unisa.ac.za/
These are really awesome and I know a lot of well placed guys in IT that have opted for one or two of these.
I'll have a look at them... but I am under 30 - for the next 9 months.
Have a look
here.And this is Unisa for Tech you need to go and write a sort of IQ test.
'd) Hold a Std 8/Grade 10, be 23 years and older, and have 3 years work experience"
IQ tests don't judge intelligence, I have a big gripe with IQ tests, I don't get how they can consider including English questions as part of an IQ test - If I can't spot the wrong English word in a set of five, how does that make me less intelligent, its a English world, my English might not be strong.
