My knowledge is limited when it comes to USA school system, but is it very uncommon there?<p>"Here", you can study at weekends (4 or 8 days a month system) and it costs you like (ofc it's degree dependent, but we're talking about CS) like 10 minimal wages for 7 semesters and that's where people with jobs/kids/married go<p>Of course you can also choose that path when you're 20, so this way you can have 3.5 years of experience at the moment of graduation