Amazon.com certainly sells just about everything. Now, they’re getting into the business of selling student loans through an alliance with Wells Fargo Education Financial Services. The online retailer has announced that Amazon Prime Student members will be eligible for an interest point reduction of 0.5 percentage points on private student loans. While that may amount […]
College Tuition Costs – Be Aware Of Discounts
College tuition costs have basically quadrupled since the mid seventies. But as “official” fees listed in university brochures and websites have skyrocketed, behind the scenes, schools have faced pressure to give price breaks. And many of them now routinely cave in to those demands. Private schools – at least those with the biggest endowments — […]
Can You Self-Teach Yourself To Be A Developer?
Computer tech is now widely viewed as a great area for career reinvention. Young people, career changers and even retirees are now packing into classes that are designed to teach coding languages and web development. But while this certainly appears to be an area where there’s strong ongoing need for workers, there are no guarantees. […]
Tech Insider’s View Of Which Computer Science Degrees Are Likely To Get You Hired And Which Ones Won’t
To try to find out more about which computer science degrees really can result in getting a job, I went to a friend who is a senior guy at Oracle, and has hired lots of people over the years. We’ll leave him anonymous, as he doesn’t want his employer to see him speaking on blogs. […]