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Maybe you should specify better where in Europe are you targeting? Or you have not still decided? Europe is less homogeneous that you may think (in some aspects
by f1shy 4y ago
Maybe you should specify better where in Europe are you targeting? Or you have not still decided? Europe is less homogeneous that you may think (in some aspects, at least).
Having a master degree may help to get a job, especially in some countries where still is more important the title as the experience (what still shocks me). But in my experience a PhD will not help you necessarily to earn more money, or get a job faster. It may influence the kind of job you can get tough.
What title it is, is not so important. In many countries the names of the titles are very different. In some there is no EE and CS just as you know them from the US. In some companies they still insist in you presenting the grades of all your studies, and recommendation letters. Luckily this is decaying, but still present. So, sometimes it is better to opt for courses where you can get better grades, and jobs where you get better recommendation letters.
The question of where to get the master, depends: if the master is for you just "a means to get a job" make it where it is cheaper (probably Europe). If you really want to learn CS, I would stay in the US. At least where I am, the level of CS teaching in Universities is not as good as in the US (at least my limited sample of known people/universities).
Last but not least, in my experience, people graduated in the US, also when not in the best universities, are well seen.
- 43920 4y agoI have a preference towards Germany (I did a short-term project working on research at a university there recently), but would be open to somewhere else as well. My grades from my undergraduate program are good (4.0/4.0 GPA); it's possible my grades could decrease a bit, but I don't expect them to drop significantly in the future (although you never know). I really do want to learn CS better; I think the opportunity to do that would be good. But the expense / opportunity cost is high enough that it does seem like more of an economic question of "will this help me get a better job?", which there doesn't seem to be a good answer to. > At least where I am, the level of CS teaching in Universities is not as good as in the US (at least my limited sample of known people/universities). Would you mind saying where that is? (I can email also if you don't want to here)
- f1shy 4y agoI would have no problem to tell you in private. It is a sensible topic to do it here.
- gabelschlager 4y agoThe nice part about Germany is, that you don't pay any tuition fee there (except Baden-Württemberg). So doing a Master's there is a lot cheaper than in the US. As for CS, it is possible to work there with a BA, but generally speaking, you will earn more money and have more job opportunities with a MA.