Hello,
I'm 27 and I have wasted enough years of my life in my minimum wage office job to declare that enough is enough. I've been studying for AATs in my spare time since 2013 (I'm now in my level 3 which is A-level equivalent) and it's so far so good, I believe I can pass this class and then be able to do level 4 (which is the equivalent of the first year of a degree).
However part of me feels unsatisfied with the lack of challenge (when the language is learnt its mostly plain sailing) and another part of me is concerned that I would not earn as much money as I would like (I am on £14k now) from being an Accountant. For example I was hoping at least to be able to nab a job £16,000 or £17000 or above (either from a level 2 or level 3) but I've become concerned that this would be unlikely.
I have been tempted (for many reasons including demand and potential earnings) to do a Computer Science course instead even though it is seemingly mammoth in challenge and frustration. I suspect that I could either use the 160 UCAS points (and my original A-level UCAS points if they still have any worth) to get on the course or I could try an OU course instead. Bear in mind one of my historic shames was that I didn't try very hard at college as a teenager so received all D's and E's at A-Level.
Could I have some guidance, advice or mere opinion? Thank you.