The title. I couldn't really think of any benefit of having MS over BS if you're already in the industry. I can see how a PhD can open research jobs that otherwise would be hard to get with BS/MS, but I fail to see any benefits that MS brings on its own.
I second this! I've done both a phd and a masters - phd is just undergrad part two + research papers and conferences. MS is where you get dedicated specialization learning through classes
It depends. You can sharpen your expertise during the MS period, while you learn the overall knowledge during BS. But yes, it could be meaningless if you spend 2 years just like BS.
Masters in CS only really exists so that students graduating during a recession can get more skills since they can't find a job anyway, or so people can immigrate to another country with the hope of eventually working in that country. Other than that, it's kind of like signing up for a marathon and wondering if you should only train to run 15k of it.
With this mentality no education is meaningful.
Not really. College degrees are an investment. Investments should pay some return. If you already have a job, theoretically you also have the skills to do that job and getting a masters likely won't result in a pay hike, so what is the ROI? If you want to get into research where a PhD is basically the cost of admission, the investment has a tangible return. If you got an undergrad degree in statistics and want to do machine learning, the investment probably makes sense because you are switching domains. If you already have the fundamental CS toolbox and want to work on different types of applications, I don't believe an extra degree justifies the investment
No
From a pure TC standpoint, or career progression standpoint, no. But if you want to take the classes because you want to learn the material, then maybe. But consider that if you want to learn the material you could also just study on your own, and/or audit classes at a nearby school. AI might be an exception though, I gather that the job market is very hot for AI researchers right now.
Internships? Do they exist in Master programs?
Yes
Then this is the main benefit. Getting into faang via college hiring is the easiest.
Lots of bullshit companies will immediately give you a raise / title inflation for having a master counts as extra years of experience
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If you want to become more specialized (ML, databases, graphics programming, audio, physics simulations etc…) MS would be the right choice over PhD in my opinion.