My 35 years of experience after a comparable part-time MS in CS says otherwise. Professional masters are often compared to a BS curriculum, which is in no way

My 35 years of experience after a comparable part-time MS in CS says otherwise. Professional masters are often compared to a BS curriculum, which is in no way a disability to hiring or advancement since most people in engineering don't have research degrees nor need them to thrive. In fact, the presence of a research thesis in lieu of taking a couple more courses in useful subjects would be more of a waste in the real world than the reverse, IMHO.