4 ms·
Good for you. Cross my fingers that you'll land a good job soon. Or create your own job.
by hmottestad 1y ago
Good for you. Cross my fingers that you'll land a good job soon. Or create your own job.
- tombert 1y agoI have a few prospects lined up. I'm actually planning on doing a second masters from a slightly more prestigious university with a more theory-heavy degree [1], but it's nice to at least have an official graduate degree now. Hopefully it helps me find work a bit quicker, and if nothing else it's just kind of fun to pile up degrees. [1] https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/f04 https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/f04
- yu3zhou4 1y agoI was recently looking for a master's degree in math that is: - 100% remote - 100% self-paced - fairly cheap and it looks like Open University is the best option right now? Did you find any better option?
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- tombert 1y agoI couldn’t find anything that ticks all those outside of OU. University of Texas has one that looked pretty ok, but it was kind of expensive for a non-Texas resident. University of Western Florida has one for “Mathematical Sciences”, which more or less fits, and it’s not even that expensive, but I think that one is synchronous.
- yu3zhou4 1y agoYeah, I wish there were more options than that. Also, remote phd or master+phd would be even better, but these are even more uncommon and pricey (unless you know about a one that is good and cheap and remote then I’d love to learn more)
- tombert 1y agoI was doing the University of York online PhD in computer science (formal methods), and it was actually pretty great, but it was costing me like $17,000 per year, and it was a huge time sink when I was already working full time. That said, if you feel like you're organized enough to pull it off, I do recommend looking into University of York. It's a very good school.
- yu3zhou4 1y agoThanks, that's actually useful and I will be happy to consider it once I have more spare time in life! Why did you complete WGU masters in computer science after already having a PhD in computer science?
- tombert 1y agoI don't have a PhD, I dropped it about a year ago; sorry, rereading my comment that was not made clear. I wanted a graduate degree in CS, and I figured I could get the WGU one quickly.
- yu3zhou4 1y agoOh I get it now, thanks! Please let me know if you decide to enroll to math master's in OU, maybe we can help each other! I think I'll do the same on the next semester (so early 2026)