FAANG Masters/PhD preferred
I went on the Google Careers page and searched for Software Engineer jobs in the US. Although most of them say the minimum requirement for education is a Bachelors degree, many of them say that the preferred qualifications are a Masters or PhD. This link will show that: https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/140968678230237894-staff-software-engineer-android-wear-os/?company=Google&company=YouTube&location=United%20States&q=Software%20Engineer I think I saw many Amazon SDE roles with similarly stated requirements. How true is this?
Google Careers
Masters is the new bachelors.
This can't be true
Itโs been the truth and theyโre both worthless
Totally doable to be hired at Google with no masters as long you have experience and is good at algorithms and interview
Most people don't use their PhD any ways. So kinda pointless, IMO.
All of these companies hire high school dropouts as well, so long as you can pass their interview bar.
Honestly that is all you need!!
Not sure what your motive is, but I don't work for Google and I know this is terrible advice you are giving OP! For SWE positions, Google definitely does not care if you have masters of PhD. They absolutely do care if you can pass their interview loops though.
I just want to say that you don't need a MS/PhD for most jobs in tech. Google has a lot of PhDs who don't apply anything from their specialization. High school math is sufficient for almost all programming jobs. Writing code and improving by learning is sufficient. College is mostly a poor filter as far as programming jobs are concerned.
It doesnโt matter as long as you can LC, speaking as a phd
I have PhD (non-CS) but can't LC for shit ๐ They will take non-PhD who can LC over me, for what it's worth.