As a MS in CS degree holder (did research, wrote thesis ish report), I also concur. Coursework only MS holders have a fundamentally different degree from the re

As a MS in CS degree holder (did research, wrote thesis ish report), I also concur. Coursework only MS holders have a fundamentally different degree from the research/thesis degree. As part of my MS, I did build a portfolio of work - well - a project ! - that I've used in my interviewing process. And, oddly enough, serendipity is that it had to do with concurrency and was written in Common Lisp.