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I'm preparing to leave the corporate world after twenty years and go get a master's in software engineering this fall in Newfoundland. Pretty anxious about tha

I'm preparing to leave the corporate world after twenty years and go get a master's in software engineering this fall in Newfoundland. Pretty anxious about that, given how massive of a life change it is, and how much will be riding on me getting good grades.

kylecazar 1y ago
That's awesome. I often dream of returning to a formal learning environment, I didn't appreciate how special dedicated (extended) time for learning was when I was in school. Best of luck!
alok-g 1y ago
Lovely. This is on my mind too. Am an engineer (EE + CS) with 25 years of work experience, with a passion for Physics. Am widely known in my circles as a scientist/physicist, however, I do not actually know much. Learned some Lagrangian and Hamiltonian classical physics recently. I personally do not mind going for even an undergrad in Physics if that would be a better fit for me to learn. :-)
- binary132 1y ago
  I’ve also been ruminating on the idea of getting a formal education in physics since I always imagined myself as a physicist when I was a child. :)
nathan_douglas 1y ago
That's super cool! Good for you! I'm kind of contemplating the same thing - not leaving the corporate world, because I have too many bills and debts for that - but getting a PhD in something, maybe math or CS. I don't know that anyone really does that in their forties, though...
HeyLaughingBoy 1y ago
That's awesome. The majority of people in my MSSE program were also heavy on work experience. It made for a far more interesting peer group than the few that had just come in from undergrad. Having that work experience meant that you could look at the coursework from the framework of how it would play out in an actual corporate environment. It was really fun discussing how to apply the SQA and Project Management coursework in the workplace with people from very different companies.

kylecazar 1y ago

That's awesome. I often dream of returning to a formal learning environment, I didn't appreciate how special dedicated (extended) time for learning was when I was in school. Best of luck!

alok-g 1y ago

Lovely. This is on my mind too. Am an engineer (EE + CS) with 25 years of work experience, with a passion for Physics. Am widely known in my circles as a scientist/physicist, however, I do not actually know much. Learned some Lagrangian and Hamiltonian classical physics recently. I personally do not mind going for even an undergrad in Physics if that would be a better fit for me to learn. :-)

binary132 1y ago
I’ve also been ruminating on the idea of getting a formal education in physics since I always imagined myself as a physicist when I was a child. :)

nathan_douglas 1y ago

That's super cool! Good for you! I'm kind of contemplating the same thing - not leaving the corporate world, because I have too many bills and debts for that - but getting a PhD in something, maybe math or CS. I don't know that anyone really does that in their forties, though...

HeyLaughingBoy 1y ago

That's awesome. The majority of people in my MSSE program were also heavy on work experience. It made for a far more interesting peer group than the few that had just come in from undergrad. Having that work experience meant that you could look at the coursework from the framework of how it would play out in an actual corporate environment. It was really fun discussing how to apply the SQA and Project Management coursework in the workplace with people from very different companies.