Does MS or PhD play important role when people are being promoted to higher position (staff or above) and they not only lead projects but also come up with new tech for future (i.e. given chance to research and experiment) thereby helping company discover new areas?
Getting a PhD seems kinda strange if you don’t want to work in academia
Sounds like people without advanced degrees are doing most of the voting. 😂
Also people with advanced degrees who haven't seen it benefitial or see enough peers do the same without it.
Note I gave second option for US and HQ offices especially since many people are just tempted to enter US through MS programs since shifting is much harder. So, it kind of becomes easy for companies since majority of people already have 2 degrees atleast.
There isn’t a one size fits all answer - it truly depends on what field you’re in at the time and where that field is in its lifespan
I think it’s good insurance to have. If you prove yourself in industry great, ride on that.. If shit happens, sometimes outta your control, you got backup with the degrees Also education (and now also being ex-FAMANGMBB) seems to follow you throughout your career
Ultimately, it's your track record, reputation, and connections that matter. It's more important to grow your network and your relative reputation. If getting a PhD hinders this (which I've actually seen happen) you're worse of for it. A MS doesn't matter. Your choice is between PhD or no PhD, in my personal opinion. With the necessity of continuous learning, a MS isn't a differentiator like it was historically.
Ms definitely isn't a huge, but the extra experience of broad projects can help. I'm 1/2 way through my masters and was afraid of getting pigeon holed into defense, but my masters definitely helped me get a team match at Google.
I am specifically talking about fields like cloud computing, distributed computing, systems etc. But thanks to all who commented till now.
Entirely irrelevant for tech promotions. Education helps with getting interviews, which isn't the same. It also helps in being able to do the job in research roles where you have to read papers and think about theory, but those are just a different job, not promotions Edit MBAs are sometimes useful in management track, but don't think that's what OP is referring to
BS = MS in all practicality nowadays. But an MS is still very useful for those who have a BS in a different field or from an international University. PhD is required for most academic positions or for research positions. Other than that, it may be useful if you would be continuing work in a specialized field. For most industrial jobs, PhD is a bad value proposition, because you would be getting about 1-2 yoe credit for it, while obtaining the PhD would take ~5 yrs.
I think it's closer to 3-4 YOE for a PhD over a BS - bur it's common for PhDs to take much longer than 5 years.
No.