If you aren't pursuing a career in academia, it usually doesn't make sense to get a Master's Degree in Computer Science. You'll learn more on the job than you will by staying in school, and few employers will care that you spent an extra 2 years in school.
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Just like trades school it not only about what you know but what you can actually di
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Wow there’s so much knowledge to be had from ironically blindly following the sentiments of people whose actual eyes are made to be laser beams. I’m very excited here don’t tell me what happens next unless it’s “not much for 10-20 years” in which case I’m actually still interested tbh 🙌
I gave a talk recently to some kids and mentioned that if they want to do anything in CS they should probably *not* get a degree;
going through an entire university degree without being compelled to quit and start building in today's world is a smell.
Maybe electric engineering, chem, math or physics still cool. They can learn to code while learning good math.
I have a Chemistry degree. Occasional coding is just a hobby and not enough to compete with pro's who got hired because they have a CS degree and are able to code everyone day. I have to admit I definitely lack some talent.
Masters degrees should almost always be an different field
My master's in bionformatics was quite useful
I tell all of the interns straight up in their first day of the summer program "you will learn more here this summer than you will during your entire fourth year degree"
Some of them are skeptical, but by the end they all end up realizing that I wasn't exaggerating.
I did the Georgia Tech online master's in computer science (OMSCS) and I agree with this. For me it was cheap enough to do out of personal interest and I didn't have to quit my job.
Career-wise it didn'take any difference, but I did learn how to read academic papers.
Would love to see some actionable data backing this, and not just from the US. Too few young developers receive this counsel if it really is true globally.
100% true, every person I have hired out of college was mostly useless and had to be retrained. Worse most were entitled and took a long time to learn to serve others and think critically about problem solving. Give me a creative, motivated person that hustles to get their A+ or Security+ over a summer any day.