CS Degree and career progression
I have an MS in engineering management and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. I want to get my masters in CS thoughts? Does Udacity or other software related combination courses here and there would suffice? I know kinda open ended but, just wanted to see what your thoughts are. Ps : just downloaded python and watching udacity videos. TC: 90-100k now non IT background 6+yoe in Mnfg and wanted to shift to software down the line.
In the same boat, non-CS bachelors and masters. I just started studying python, let me know if you want to practice together
Cool ! Send me a pm
Get a CS degree. There’s a big difference between learning a programming language and learning computer science. Look into OMSCS at Georgia tech if you don’t want to go back to school - it’s essentially Udacity except you get a real degree that’s worth something
Looks Awesome! I might actually go for it! Thanks
I don’t know why I keep seeing people who want to get jobs in software engineering say they are learning python. Python....! Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great language. Not really my cup of tea, but it has its uses. But I’ve NEVER seen a single person who actually uses python in their day jobs. Most software roles don’t touch python at all. If you want my advice, decide what type of software engineering you’d like to do (ie. backend? Web front end? Mobile?) and learn a language suited to that. For example, if you want to do web front end work, learn JS and React.
@CVPR I just started Udacity . Any tips for getting to be better at Python language ?
CVPR, that’s a pretty tiny field compared to most software engineering roles. If you want to get a job as a software engineer, almost no one will hire you to do python. You’ll have a much better shot by learning JavaScript or Java or Swift....
This is a sad tc. With that master's you got perhaps you could change to PM and get 200k tc immediately
Thanks.. Yes! Would a 1 year graduate certificate work or do I have to get MS?
If you want to be a PM, get an MBA. Plenty of engineering grads pivot into tech that way