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I'm currently 20, made some bad decisions for my alevels (my own faults) and thinking of a better path forward. Can anyone who has done APIIT foundation and degree tell me how it went for you, was it worth the investment and what opportunities you got after the degree completion? TIA.

(my pick is IT faculty but anyone is welcome to share their experience)

Edit : I come from local bio stream, lost passion for it after a while. Got no IT background, but genuinely willing to learn. I don’t think redoing alevels is gonna be a good option, and switching streams and learning new subjects in one year seems like a waste of time without a guaranteed end result, given i already spent 3 years in alevels. (Feel free to share your opinion on this)

I'm not a lazy student, used to have good results but messed it up during alevels (would say it's a mix of my own faults and the subjects I chose. Wasn't aware of the difference between what I thought I want vs what I could actually do, just went with the flow thinking it would be fine till it blew up in my face).

I want a fresh start (safe to say I might have been burnt out for a while now but I'm not sure if it's the general alevel fatigue), but want to know if making a big financial investment in APIIT is gonna be worth it. SLIIT would be my other option.

PS : Anyone with similar alevel stories are also welcome to share any advice or experience.

Thank you for taking time to read this. Could really use some help from any seniors who have had similar journeys.

I'm currently 20, made some bad decisions for my alevels (my own faults) and thinking of a better path forward. Can anyone who has done apiit foundation and degree tell me how it went for you, was it worth the investment and what opportunities you got after the degree completion? TIA.

(my pick is IT but anyone is welcome to share their experience)

So a few days ago I made some posts about doing a bachelor's degree privately, mainly SE and other IT field degrees. From what I could gather it's not that the degree itself is bad, but the market is over saturated and you can't find jobs, especially on entry levels. And there're a lot of graduates without jobs already.

Does the recent 'layoffs' a main cause, along with AI? Has anyone here gone through the same thing too? Cuz I see conflicting opinions on that particularly, saying it might either get better or worse in a few years (I haven't started the degree yet so I have around 4/5 years to obtain it). Will it get better or worse by then?

Can I at least see upvotes or something if you agree with the whole 'IT industry is already dead/dying' narrative? I'm trying to see how many people who already work in the industry or is a graduate feels that way.

So basically, I've been looking into what to do for my bachelor's degree, and in pretty much everything (mainly tech field), I came across replies that say the job market is saturated and people are losing jobs to AI and so on, especially on entry levels. Even on IG, it's reel after reel of people not getting internships at all despite applying rigoursly, or having either a law or an engineering degree then working at McDonalds or something (not saying it's a bad thing at all, but just spending 3/4 years and tuition on a degree and then not finding a career related to it genuinely sucks for everyone right). It's basically everything will be replaced by AI and so on and on, you can't even get a job within the AI field.

So genuinely asking, what degree can someone do that would give them a stable job? Is this a common reality in every field except for medical?

I'm aware that these days paper qualifications are like the bare minimum, and you need more solid proof that you can actually work. So is it that you have to pick up on much more additional skills by yourself alongside your degree or diploma if you want to first enter the job market?

I'm planning to do a foundation there (I'm 20) and continue on for an IT degree. (Software engineering or something else). Is doing it worth it these days? Can anyone share their experience and opinions? Any advice is welcome.

I'm planning to do the Software Engineering Degree at OUSL. Can anyone share their experience if they've done the same degree? Or any Bachelor's Degree at OUSL as their main degree? It could be advice, personal experience during university, internships or even about post graduate opportunities. So far I've seen mixed responses, specially concerns about time management and delays and so on. Also appreciate any advice or responses from software engineering graduates and people working in the industry!