I don’t have a lot to show for my master’s (2 years in Europe), I didn’t get into academia for a PhD, and don’t intend to in the foreseeable future. On paper, m

I don’t have a lot to show for my master’s (2 years in Europe), I didn’t get into academia for a PhD, and don’t intend to in the foreseeable future. On paper, my experience was practically nil before I joined AWS. However, I found myself doing one half of the technical leadership of a major project at my org as a “new grad”. I am leading the science and deeply technical aspect and seniors do the operational aspect. The reason I could do what I have is because of stuff I learned in gradschool. The last 4 years of my life (2 undergrad, 2 msc) put me in a very unique position. In the process, I earned plenty of “trust”, especially of senior engineers and skip+ managers. I wouldn’t recommend a master’s tbh.