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In the various STEM fields I work in the Masters degree and PhD coursework is essentially the same. You learn most of what there is to know about the subject. T
by peter303 5y ago
In the various STEM fields I work in the Masters degree and PhD coursework is essentially the same. You learn most of what there is to know about the subject. The doctorate bolts on another 2-4 years of learning how to research in that field: what are frontier problems that can be done a couple years of work. Doctoral newbies often select a problem too easy, too hard or already done and have to be steered awayfrom that.
- cwbrandsma 5y agoIn software development I’m not sure there is a difference between a bachelors and a masters. At least for hiring purposes I do not view them as any different. I also hire people out of code schools as well. I get a lot of resumes from people with a degree in some random field…then spent a few months at a boot camp. So far, our boot camp employees have been very good.