My MS program was very geared towards giving a foundation to pursue a PhD. There were some aspects of it that were tangentially helpful in my career as a softwa

My MS program was very geared towards giving a foundation to pursue a PhD. There were some aspects of it that were tangentially helpful in my career as a software developer, but it definitely was not the focus. Thinking back I feel like it was that way because that is what all of the professors knew. Few of them had experience outside academia so it makes sense that the program would reflect that. Maybe things were different at other institutions. This was also more than a decade ago, so things could be different now in general.