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Only a few data points as an outside observer, but... 1 - The people I've seen doing it are learning A LOT - more than another online program I've seen. 2 - T
by mathattack 9y ago
Only a few data points as an outside observer, but...
1 - The people I've seen doing it are learning A LOT - more than another online program I've seen.
2 - They're also working A LOT - it intrudes on all aspects of their personal life. It's as much or more work than doing an in person CS degree.
3 - The folks I know don't have CS undergrads, which also makes it more difficult.
Net - it can be worth it if you missed CS as an undergrad, but you'll have to work. You need to ask if there are enough people in Brazil who value the credential (or implied skills) to make it worth the time. The time investment is more expensive than the $s. (It will be thousands of hours)
- Buttons840 9y agoThey're getting a Master's degree without having "CS undergrads"? What does that mean?
- nolepointer 9y agoThey don't possess undergraduate (bachelor's) degrees in Computer Science.
- rripken 9y agoI was in an informal study group for Knowledge Based AI and one of the brightest students was a journalist. She had no undergrad CS background. She obviously had a hard time on the programming assignments but she started early, asked TA's for help, developed a clear plan. Her agents performed very well. Another student I know is a medical doctor at Kaiser.
- sonabinu 9y agoI did not have an undergraduate degree in CS when I did my masters (not this program), I used her approach as well. I did numerous online classes, did community college courses etc. and shoulder watched classmates programming and asked lots of questions. It was not easy, but glad I did it !!!!.