Is it worth doing Masters in CS in 2024/2025 to break into the 1st SWE role?
Context: I hold a bachelor's in CS from a university in India from a few years ago. Immigrated to U.S. shortly after, but I have never worked as a SWE. I have mostly worked in sales roles for the past few years but ended up realizing sales is not for me. So, I decided to switch back to Software Engineering 2 years ago by doing a free software engineering bootcamp to upgrade my coding skills. I learned JavaScript and built a few Full-Stack projects to show my coding expertise on my resume. Although I learned a lot by doing lots of hands-on coding, I have struggled to land interviews with just bootcamp projects and no actual experience. I feel like I am not going anywhere and just wasting my time applying for jobs. I am also a U.S. Citizen, so I don't have any sort of visa issues impacting me. I live in the Bay Area, and I am wondering if doing Masters from SJSU will help me land my first SWE job. YOE:0 TC:0 (UNEMPLOYED) VISA: US CITIZEN
In this market yes
How did you become US citizen after immigrating from India
Just Illegal Immigrant things
SJSU is a highly selective school - you need to set your standards to something lower to be achievable.
Nah. Too saturated with people like you.
âLike youâ?
Do online MS and grind out leetcode anyways. Get your MS while yo iWork your first job.
To be honest the reason youâre getting passed isnât because of your degree, itâs your network. The market is currently too competitive to rely on things like degrees and leetcode. There is always someone more qualified and better at leetcode out there. If you want to give yourself an edge try nepotism, or move someplace where tech demand is high but nobody wants to live
College professors are really out of touch with technical skills that are actually required.