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I think this highly dependent upon the field and what area in the field you want to work at. While I think there is a lot of value in a formal computer science
by mcshicks 10y ago
I think this highly dependent upon the field and what area in the field you want to work at. While I think there is a lot of value in a formal computer science education a lot of people are employed in the area without one, or with bachelors degree. On the other hand if you are really interested in being an electrical engineer working on device physics problems probably better to plan on getting a doctorate. Unless your your grandfather is the founder of TSMC or something like that. Put another way, if everyone you have ever heard of that is doing the type of work you want to do has a Masters, and your debating getting a Bachelors degree, you have ask yourself why do think you would be successful. A personal anecdote, about 30 years ago I struggled academically with my degree because I was working long hours at my high tech internship. I learned a tremendous amount at that job, but in the end I quit so I could focus on finishing. It was a bad job market when I graduated and it took me about 4 months so so after graduation to get a job. It would have been much worse without the degree. You don't say what experience or education you pursuing, but if you have a internship while you are working on your degree that's in your area I would say that's the best you can do. But it's not worth not finishing your program.