Most employers prefer work experience over education. But, right now, there's such large oversupply of labor and talent in Software engineering, they typically

Most employers prefer work experience over education. But, right now, there's such large oversupply of labor and talent in Software engineering, they typically require both. Hiring at kabam, Even in the bay area, we had a large supply of candidates who had bachelors and masters degrees in computer science. Unfortunately, that's the minimum bar now. A master's in CS will help you get a job as a software engineer, just don't expect to learn anything useful from it (except maybe intro to OOP, and your Software engineering classes, and maybe the DB class). 97%-99% of the knowledge you need to be an effective software engineer comes from experience and side projects and learning on your own.