Is a masters in cs worth it?

Mokonon
Sat, 19 Oct 2013 01:48:52 +0000

At my company, software engineer openings are usually advertised as “BS required, MS preferred”. I think this is true for most of the selective tech companies.

@GLOBALTRAVELER: Most graduate CS programs don’t offer a graduate-level data structures courses, and most MS programs don’t have many required “core” courses (I only have 3). Instead, you gain depth in subjects like machine learning, computer vision, parallel computing, distributed computing, crypto, and so on. In other words, subjects that are only lightly introduced in undergrad courses.