College student here. I have some decent offers (Microsoft and similar level) for newgrad. I am, however, worried about the fact that this industry is getting insanely oversaturated. I think traditional wisdom says that an MS isnt really useful, but is that changing with all the people doing BS undergrads? Would an MS help me stand out and maybe even get better roles than MSFT? I go to a top 10 CS school and would just do the +1 masters #masters #SWE
Working at Msft will help you get better offers than Msft at a higher level. In industry, work ex matters more unless you are trying for research roles
One of my juniors did this and got MS he is regretting. Now he doesn’t has a job and will have to go back to India. If you are good at your job you would find something
No. Get the experience. Then speak with your Mgr about your master & have MS help with tuition.
Experience is more valuable than education, except in rare circumstances. If you're worried the job market is saturating, then get in now while you can. It will only get more difficult if you wait.
Is there a chance the market is someone better in 1 year with all the recession fears gone? Things seem to be improving idk
XP >> MS. In 18 months, you could have 18 months of experience and salary, or you could have an MS nobody cares about, still be a junior, and have $20k more debt (or $20k less savings).
Probably not. I mean a masters won’t even get you access to senior roles and even seniors are having tons of issues finding jobs. The fact is this field is only gonna get more and more saturated, CS is now more popular than every humanities major combined and growing. If you want to avoid it, find another field. I’m switching to medicine, I’m going to PA school next year.
Is this serious? youre just switching careers?
There's a reason becoming a doctor isn't as popular. It's insanely difficult, do you think you have it in you to study another 5 years with lesser than Salesforce pay?