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Questions about Digital and Technology Solution Degree

I know that upon successfully completeting the apprenticeship you will gain the DTS degree, but i have a few questions about it:


1) on one of the webistes i want to apply to, it has different options although for the same degree, one saying DTS degree apprenticeship 'software engineer specialist' and the other saying DTS degree apprenticeship 'data analyst specialist', what does this mean? Does that mean if i take the software engineer path of it i will only be ever able to work as a software engineer and not the other jobs that i can find using the DTS degree?
Reply 1
With the DTS degree you can specialise in different things including swe and data analysis. You will get the same degree just with a focus on certain aspects more relevant to the thing you're specialising in. You can read more about exactly what skills each specialism teaches you here.

You won't only be able to do one thing for the rest of your career just because you specialise in swe. It just means that you now have skills that are more relevant to swe. So you might find it slightly more difficult applying to jobs in cyber sec, for example, compared to someone who specialised in cyber sec but its not going to be impossible. Working in one area of tech won't ban you from ever working in other areas.
Reply 2
With the DTS degree you can specialise in different things including swe and data analysis. You will get the same degree just with a focus on certain aspects more relevant to the thing you're specialising in. You can read more about exactly what skills each specialism teaches you here.

You won't only be able to do one thing for the rest of your career just because you specialise in swe. It just means that you now have skills that are more relevant to swe. So you might find it slightly more difficult applying to jobs in cyber sec, for example, compared to someone who specialised in cyber sec but its not going to be impossible. Working in one area of tech won't ban you from ever working in other areas.

sorry for the late reply but thank you! so to just clear everything up, if i went ahead with the DTS degree on software engineering, ands then 10 years later i decide that i want to become a data analyst, my DTS degree will allow me to switch through?
Reply 3
Bruh your degree will be irrelevant in 10 years lol, you'll have work experience which is more important allowing you to get lots of different tech jobs. A degree is only to get you into your first job

Original post by TrenchKidd
sorry for the late reply but thank you! so to just clear everything up, if i went ahead with the DTS degree on software engineering, ands then 10 years later i decide that i want to become a data analyst, my DTS degree will allow me to switch through?
Original post by arkay92
Bruh your degree will be irrelevant in 10 years lol, you'll have work experience which is more important allowing you to get lots of different tech jobs. A degree is only to get you into your first job

Is there math like in cs degree
Original post by Brianstudy01
Is there math like in cs degree

Yes, there is maths that you have to do as part of DTS. Are you thinking of doing a DTS apprenticeship?

If so, I can send over some resources to help you with applying. Just let me know if you're interested and I'll send over
Original post by apprentinsideryt
Yes, there is maths that you have to do as part of DTS. Are you thinking of doing a DTS apprenticeship?
If so, I can send over some resources to help you with applying. Just let me know if you're interested and I'll send over
Not sure are you sure with dts for every role software engineer network engineer data analyst project manager business analyst cybersecurity etc
Original post by Brianstudy01
Not sure are you sure with dts for every role software engineer network engineer data analyst project manager business analyst cybersecurity etc

Have a look at the DTS syllabus from Warwick University - https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/study/degree-apprenticeships/digital-technology-solutions/. There's definitely maths in years 1 and 2.

Those roles will end up specialising in different things but they will all do the same core modules such as applied maths.

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