MS in Cs( Stanford, MIT, CMU etc.) Vs L1 Transfer (Amazon, Google )

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CuriousBoy

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Jun 9, 2019 47 Comments

Hi I am earning good enough salary as a software developer in India
Tc : 18 lpa
Yoe: 2 years.
I want to know wether it is worth to do MS from Stanford, CMU etc. Or better to get into Amazon / Google and then take a transfer to Seattle/ MTV.

Given : I am not from a rich family , will have to take loan for MS.

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  • This may be cliche but Stanford MIT has more value than FAANG. Plus, IIT + Stanford will be like your key forever in life. FAANG may start layoffs when recession happens, or you may get it but after certain level they may be hesitant to promote you. On other hand, in a longer run of life Stanford >> FAANG. If you go to start a startup, a Stanford and IIT alumni network itself will be enough to at least get initial funding! Think about it, FAANG are famous now, Carnegie Steel was famous back then but Stanford was always relevant unlike company's cycles.
    Jun 9, 2019 9
  • Stanford grad here. If you can get in. Do it. At a tier 2 school take the job.

    Sounds elitist. It is. But having graduated 20 years ago, that degree has gotten me more jobs and interviews than I can count.

    These days a FAANG is what’s in fashion. It won’t always be that way. Having that credential will always be meaningful. Plus it’s more fun.
    Jun 9, 2019 4
    • Indeed / Eng
      t6

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      t6
      Dont think in terms of getting interviews or jobs. Think of IITian tag in India(I hear it's valued a lot). It's beyond jobs. When you want to get funded for startups VCs look at it, girls(unfortunately), recruiters and so on. Even if you get interview your pay at least during negotiations will be higher. Some east coast companies like top hedge funds, MBA programs put lot more weight into school. Tldr; school pedigree has life time benefits dont just think in terms of next job. Also alumni really root for each other, maybe less so in tech and more in business (but are you sure you will be tech forever?)
      Jun 9, 2019
    • ByteDance / R&D
      PNSf07

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      PNSf07
      so... what's tier 2?
      Mar 28, 2020
  • If you're able to get the same jobs an MS CS would get you without one, why would you get one?
    Jun 9, 2019 1
    • ION Group
      CuriousBoy

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      Yeah , that is the source of confusion. I feel like one should do MS if they have a serious reason like getting involved in academia and researching on some futuristic tech like quantum computing , bci devices etc. Doing it just for a job at Google/ Amazon doesn't make sense to me as I can already get that Job in india.
      Jun 9, 2019
  • TC : 43 lpa
    Yoe: 3 years
    Going to Gatech for MS CS
    Jul 11, 2019 3
  • Amazon / Eng
    hhkk

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    hhkk
    I see many PhDs from top tier university work at same job level as a 21 year old undergrad...so, if you really want to do some break through innovation and build new algo, do cutting edge research , be a faculty go for a top tier university research Lab and you see most of the products were born in such research labs.. but if your goal is to be an SDE don’t waste time in ms/phd .. on the job experience more important for those roles (IMHO)
    Jun 9, 2019 3
    • Amazon / Eng
      hhkk

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      hhkk
      I should say “technology” rather than “product” ..take a look at the technology developments in stanford research lab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRI_International which has contributed to development of numerous products ...there are many other top tier university research labs with very good contributions to technology development track record .... some other examples are development of nuclear reactor at univ of chicago by enrico fermi, even lot of innovation/technology behind bose speakers happened in MIT Labs by Amar Bose
      Jun 9, 2019
    • Apache spark was developed by AMP lab at Berkeley
      Jun 9, 2019