This post seems light on any actual data between the difference on individuals who have a CS masters and not, and instead argues against getting one on a few au

This post seems light on any actual data between the difference on individuals who have a CS masters and not, and instead argues against getting one on a few aux points: * Opportunity cost * two tweets of HM saying they don't find it useful * cs masters aren't geared towards non-cs college grad students * professors don't know how to handle online teaching * programs are cash cows (mentioning two non-top-cs programs) To address the core point about whether those with a masters from a top CS program (say top 20) vs self-taught _on average_ do know more about programming, in my experience they do! Topics like how programs work (interpreted vs compiled languages, memory management), how a program talks to the OS and underlying hardware, and even topics on AI/ML and how to do deep learning. Whether that makes them better at their job depends on what their role is - if it's making a web application or working on underlying infrastructure in C. So I guess to provide an alternative view to the author's, there are good online programs like UT Austin and Georgia Tech where students don't have to take time off work as they can do it at night / weekends, both programs are low-cost (~$10k), and do have professors who do understand online teaching. I think it's important to make sure you pick colleges and classes geared towards learning, not go with the intention of specific "job training", and likely you'll come out ahead having done it.