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BS or MS is mostly about learning and the desire to understand it all. If you truly are talking about employment alone, your time would be much better spent pr
by gamechangr 15y ago
BS or MS is mostly about learning and the desire to understand it all.
If you truly are talking about employment alone, your time would be much better spent programming (not in school). I am twice as likely to hire someone with 4 years experience as someone who is a fresh grad.
No one in Silicon Valley cares if you have a degree. They care what you can do.
Work for big corporations...they care about a MS, but they will mostly have you managing other software engineers (not coding).
Also consider moving to Europe. They really value the old school of thinking and MS is almost required.
- devs1010 15y agoI agree, the companies that highly value degrees may not be the kind you want to work for, you can make it without a degree but long term it's best to pick one up along the way even if it's just from doing part time classes while working
- gamechangr 15y agoI agree.....the conversation should not be "either/or" it should be "both/and". Certainly, I would prefer to hire someone with both, but I WOULD NOT hire a grad that cannot prove he can do the work and I WOULD quickly hire someone without a degree who can perform. I would test ability and if I couldn't decided between two candidates, I may take a look to see if you have a degree from a respected school. If you want to be in startups, I have friends that have applied and started jobs without being asked about educational background.