Should I stay in my degree or take an opportunity for management experience?

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Published on 2011-01-19T01:15:48Z Indexed on 2011/01/30 15:32 UTC
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I've read a couple other post along these lines and they've been helpful but I'm wondering if my case is any different.

I've been working towards my CS degree while working part time in a programming job. I'm now about two years away from getting my degree and was just offered a management position at my job. This would mean that I have to work full-time at my job and I can't really work towards my degree anymore in person. My school doesn't really offer CS classes after hours nor online.

It seems that getting a degree is very important from the other post that I read. Does having management experience trump that? I'm currently leaning towards taking the job and finding some sort of online degree.

Also my school only offers a business degree online, could I just get this in place. Does the type of degree really matter? For some jobs it's not the type of degree just that you have one, is there any merit for this in the programming industry?

Thanks :)

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