I recently got accepted into a MS in CS program from one of the top schools in US (Cornell University and Columbia University) however looking at the current job market in the US it seems like it's a bad idea. As an Indian citizen, I thought masters would be a good way to take a step forward in my career. I am having second thoughts about going for masters now. Is it pointless to go for masters now? YOE : 1
How top are we talking about? Top 20 definitely yes
Cornell and Columbia are great universities but they are expensive. Unless you can pay cash, get your master's degree in your home country. Also, a US master's is no longer a guarantee of a work visa beyond F1 OPT.
I second this
No one cares about if you have a masters, unless it’s an MBA. Waste of money and creates fake prestige
Even MBA is useless unless it’s from Top 5 and that too because of networking. You might make good connections at school.
Agreed
If you are doing masters for the additional wisdom, go for it. Job and package wise, there are/will be enough opportunities here as well. If it is the US lifestyle that you crave for, given enough time, you’ll start seeing the non obvious benefits of living in a country with permanent residency status.
Masters was never worth it. It’s was only a gateway to get into US. And now with green card uncertainty I wound not advise doing masters in US. Salaries in BigTech in India are pretty high anyways.
What a great dessert
Why not just move to US through MS(ft)
Yeah my current team is not exactly very interesting to work with and going to Redmond would restrict me from any job changes as it will be on L1 visa
It will but you can keep trying for h1 (infact you should have done it before lottery for current year) And switch teams
Would be better if you enter illegally and get a job. Coming legally is pain for Indians, you pay taxes and would have a dangling GC carrot for 100 years
Masters in the US and 16 years later I still don’t have a GC with endless H1B renewals. Not worth it unless you have a different path for a GC.
So if I say GC is not exactly something I am dying for and just maybe have some interest in core CS fields does this open some opportunities?
Education? Yes, US is great Career? Questionable, as the odds of F1 to H1B library pick within 3 years is pretty low.
Don’t do it if I were you I would try to move within the company. Those are good universities but still the struggle to get a job after your degree is not worth it. Maybe in future if the market conditions change but not right now
Is it that bad? Any signs of recovery in the next 2 years?
It is a gamble. Nobody really knows how it would look like when you graduate. So I guess you need to make a calculated decision, will you be financially ok if you don’t get through the H1B lottery (exhausting 3 attempts via OPT), what would you do incase the market is terrible and you can’t find a job after you graduate. Will you be ok to return home with a hefty loan?
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It’s the perfect time to go for an MS. In 2 years markets will fully recover. If you have plans for GC and settling down here, then you should reconsider
+1 Immigration system is becoming terrible. You'll have to base your future on a (stupid) lottery to get an H1B no matter how smart you are. The US issued ~120K F1s every year during the past few years. There are only 85K H1Bs. Every year ~ 30K F1 students don't get an H1 so they pile on to the next year. The last time I did a quick math, there were 4 applicants for every H1. That is deteriorating every single year.
10 per H1 since the lottery ticket became cheap a couple of years ago