How about the Master's in Computer and Information Technology at UPenn? http://www.cis.upenn.edu/grad/mcit/ http://www.cis.upenn.edu/grad/mcit/ Looks like it'

How about the Master's in Computer and Information Technology at UPenn? http://www.cis.upenn.edu/grad/mcit/ http://www.cis.upenn.edu/grad/mcit/ Looks like it's designed for people like you. Not sure how this would be seen by employers - perhaps some others can answer this. For anyone on the hiring side of a web company: would it be better for a non-CS undergrad to go through a masters program like the ones at Penn/Chicago, or would it be better if someone took a year off, taught themselves, and actually built some stuff?