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On the other hand, I have a hard time thinking of a better grad degree than a CS master's program. Your job prospects are better than an MBA's or a JD's, you wi

On the other hand, I have a hard time thinking of a better grad degree than a CS master's program. Your job prospects are better than an MBA's or a JD's, you will spend a lot less time in school than an MD, and you will have a much broader employment market than your friends in other engineering and science disciplines. I was quite impressed by the number of firms at UCSD's job fair interested in recruiting CS students.

sketerpot 18y ago
A master's degree in computer engineering could give CS a run for its money. There's enough overlap with CS that a Computer E grad student can learn as much CS as they like, while still having job prospects in a bunch of nice hardware-related jobs. And really, computer hardware is just plain fun.
- jacoblyles 18y ago
  My software can break your hardware.
  - sketerpot 18y ago
    My hardware will probably break your software. Beat that. This is actually one of the drawbacks of learning both hardware and software: when something breaks, you can never say that's not your department. You can get away from that by simply buying stuff from other people, but you can't always trust it; I was using some off-the-shelf hardware yesterday that literally exploded. Like in Star Trek.
    - jacoblyles 18y ago
      I guess that is what separates software people from hardware people. You say "my homework literally blew up yesterday". I think that's a little scary, a hardware guy thinks that's pretty cool.
danbmil99 18y ago
Are you sure an advanced CS degree will matter as much as they do today in 5 or 10 years time? Then again it's only a 2 year commitment so it's a pretty different level of investment than a PhD.
- jacoblyles 18y ago
  I think so. An MS can put you in a pool with python algorithmic programmers instead of big company Java slingers. The companies recruiting grad students at UCSD are into machine vision, satellite communications, and the like.

sketerpot 18y ago

A master's degree in computer engineering could give CS a run for its money. There's enough overlap with CS that a Computer E grad student can learn as much CS as they like, while still having job prospects in a bunch of nice hardware-related jobs. And really, computer hardware is just plain fun.

jacoblyles 18y ago
My software can break your hardware.
- sketerpot 18y ago
  My hardware will probably break your software. Beat that. This is actually one of the drawbacks of learning both hardware and software: when something breaks, you can never say that's not your department. You can get away from that by simply buying stuff from other people, but you can't always trust it; I was using some off-the-shelf hardware yesterday that literally exploded. Like in Star Trek.
  - jacoblyles 18y ago
    I guess that is what separates software people from hardware people. You say "my homework literally blew up yesterday". I think that's a little scary, a hardware guy thinks that's pretty cool.

danbmil99 18y ago

Are you sure an advanced CS degree will matter as much as they do today in 5 or 10 years time? Then again it's only a 2 year commitment so it's a pretty different level of investment than a PhD.

jacoblyles 18y ago
I think so. An MS can put you in a pool with python algorithmic programmers instead of big company Java slingers. The companies recruiting grad students at UCSD are into machine vision, satellite communications, and the like.