Current Events > Do I want to do a CS master's degree? :/

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I kinda do but I also kinda don't.

It'd cost me around $15,000 of my own money, and probably 1.5-2 years of time. The courses would be fairly interesting and I'd poke my toes into some research to see if I like it, but everything I'd be learning in the courses I could learn for free on my own. I just wouldn't have the structured environment or the credential on my resume.

Could open up some doors for more interesting positions down the road, though, and I might like academia enough to even go after a PhD afterwards. Hmmmm....
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

I'd be learning in the courses I could learn for free on my own

This is especially if you go into a field like web development.

But kind of job do you want to do that requires a masters?
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Do it just so you'll be more busy and be here less. win/win for everyone.
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Rob Cesternino posted...

FLUFFYGERM posted...

I'd be learning in the courses I could learn for free on my own

This is especially if you go into a field like web development.

But kind of job do you want to do that requires a masters?

Probably something more in the machine learning / quantitative trading space.
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Do it

Im gonna try and get someone else to pay for my masters >.>
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If it would increase what you make or open opportunities for getting a higher position/better job in the long term I'd say go for it