TLDR; I'm an Electrical Engineering student who worked in a different field for a year, attended a Bootcamp and now working for 2 years as a Software Engineer, TC 120k. Would getting a Masters help my resume and help get higher paying jobs? Or will it just be a huge cost and not worth considering since I already have work experience?
Nah, if you’re an EE you’re good
Why do you want to be a slave?
Why would doing a Masters make me a slave?
It’s not “doing a Masters” that makes you a Slave, it’s “getting a Master”. (Master-Slave)
Do you want to learn more CS and have trouble in self-study? That would be the only reason
I'd say it depends on where you plan on going with it. Some places will look at a master's and count it as a certain number of additional years in industry. Unfortunately, the companies that I've seen do that don't have very competitive TC and are bureaucratic as heck. At Amazon, it seems like 90%of the SDE1 candidates I've interviewed have had their masters, but that might have more to do with diversity recruiting than actual recruiting criteria. I'd suggest finding an employer that will pay for your master's if you decide to pursue it, or at least take it into TC consideration. But a lot of companies that will do that have retention requirements that might mitigate that.
No amount of book/class knowledge is equivalent to real world experience. If you are not getting noticed, then most likely it’s your resume that needs work. Pls don’t tell me you have a 6 page resume for under 5 yoe. Yes I’ve seen this 😳🙄
No no, single page, resume gets noticed quite a bit, this is more of a personal consideration that it might make sense to get a proper degree in CS since I'm in this industry without one
If that’s what you’re concerned about find an employer with a decent tuition reimbursement program and just do post-baccalaureate studies in CS. It’ll be a lot cheaper than a masters, and probably covered by the reimbursement policy. Honestly though, the reason that non-CS degree engineers aren’t getting as many offers is generally more correlation than causation. They typically won’t have studied data structures and algorithms, and most whiteboard questions are heavily biased in those directions. If you self-learn those concepts (which is 100% possible) then no interviewer is going to care where you learned them. The slight exception is that getting a formal degree MIGHT help you make connections that can get you an inside track for an interview. Whether that’s worth the price difference is up to you (personally, I don’t think it is).
Getting a degree for your career is a very Asian mindset. It doesn't work in the western culture. Looking back, I'd rather have spent those two years starting my career earlier. Master doesn't really show more knowledge in my opinion, it shows you can do research on your own. You can prove that on the job without getting a degree to show that.
I don't concur with this. The rigor is helpful if you go to a top schools. Getting a degree from UCB in BS CS is far more superior than no name masters. It gives you pathway to solve problems. Im sure you will not realize early but more complex problems needs deeper understanding and where to look what is the skill the school teach you.
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Dude people don’t even look at your resume when applying for jobs <— has a masters
What counts then? My resume doesn't get noticed.