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Will not having a Masters degree affect my long term career progression as an SDE? For example when applying for more senior positions. Currently twenty-seven and feel like the clock is ticking away. YoE: 4 TC: 275K
Masters is fking useless except for Machine Learning and research scientist Masters is fking great for Machine Learning and research scientist!
Masters program is for foreigners to get a visa otherwise how would truck loads of them come to US.
a masters is amazing for career switching. a mech engineer undergrad who wants to be a SWE? boom do Georgia tech masters and get a good job.
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I’m already a master in the bedroom if that counts
Everyone saying NO has never been on a hiring committee. When there's an excess of talent, it's always another filter, which is not needed until it is. When comparing two candidates with equivalent interview performance and signals, the only thing that can offset having a Masters is substantial experience in building cutting edge projects or significant experience in scaling a product at a startup stage. It's not always useless, e.g.: - a lot of students use it as part of their emigration strategy. - a lot of folks unable to get promoted otherwise can also use this to boost their careers forward. - during Layoffs, it's common to see a rise in university applications as polishing your skills is better than waiting for the things to turn. - if you already have experience, going back to the university allows you to grasp concepts with much more depth and substance. Which you may not be able to do alongside your full-time job. - its another networking opportunity yoo, now that you have even more peers working in different places, so referrals are easier and better. Context matters a lot.
There are trade offs though. I did a masters as a full ride scholarship recipient and even then, the opportunity cost was massive. Machine learning is the only sub discipline where this makes sense if you already have a CS undergrad. Otherwise its only really useful to make a career switch.
Or how about you don't have a background in CS and you already have a software engineering job. Getting a Masters in CS with a lot of ML/Data-sciency/stats courses could be useful.
Depends on the area of specialization you want to go into
Clearly no