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In my experience, bachelor's in CS counts more than master's in CS, which in turn of course counts more than bootcamp. It's just time spent in front of a comput
by curuinor 8y ago
In my experience, bachelor's in CS counts more than master's in CS, which in turn of course counts more than bootcamp. It's just time spent in front of a computer.
I hope your pay and total comp is actually competitive, in which case you're grousing over something you could fix in a jiffy.
- code_potato 8y agoWhy is a bachelors degree more worth than a masters?
- curuinor 8y agoTime in front of a computer. Many master's programs are actually less rigorous, too. The filtering done for the better colleges is worse: Stanford and CMU, in particular, are incredibly easier to get into for a master's than a bachelor's.
- account2 8y ago>In my experience, bachelor's in CS counts more than master's in CS This discounts people that transition to CS from another field like mathematics, chemistry, physics, etc. Just because you didn't major in CS as an undergraduate doesn't mean you can't program. That is a bit of gatekeeping. Plus, I'd argue someone from a field like mathematics and physics might be more suited to do certain types of programming jobs due to their background skillsets.
- curuinor 8y agoBut they don't have as much experience programming? Sure, there's fields where the domain knowledge is prerequisite to do anything at all, but that doesn't make you a better programmer for it.
- account2 8y ago>But they don't have as much experience programming? Then by that metric you don't even need a degree and your initial point of a BS > Masters > Bootcamp is nullified by the self-taught programmer that has programmed longer than anyone else in that group that happens to apply for your position. But that doesn't necessarily mean they will be a better programmer in the long term.
- curuinor 8y agoSelf-taught is better when they have more good experience, yes.