I was "Full Stack" before I did an MSc in Distributed Systems at UCL and I would disagree. Yes, the MSc taught me a lot about Distributed Systems. Yes, it cost

I was "Full Stack" before I did an MSc in Distributed Systems at UCL and I would disagree. Yes, the MSc taught me a lot about Distributed Systems. Yes, it cost me all of the cash I had saved up (£15,000, no debt). Yes, I could have tried to go it alone... but had I done that there is a good chance I might not have learned enough to know that I do not know enough; how to explore the challenges of designing and working with Distributed Systems; how to understand and debate the tradeoffs of different systems; how to apply the theory to the pratice; how to read, analyze and even critize white papers; I could go on...