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This was an interesting article to me, as it's rare to read about a professional with a mathematics PhD and an established career in academia as a Professor of Mathematics who decided to do an online Master's in Computer Science.

The main idea of her account is that the credential helped open some doors to move to a Computer Science department.

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I will never understand that question sitting in europe.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

If anyone is interested in a personal anecdote, I’ve been in this industry coming up on 10 years now, and I still think my MS was worth it.

I’ve always risen to the top of resume stacks in part because of it, and I also learned a lot of concepts and strategies that I never came across in my BS, and lastly, I found a lot of the course work and research fascinating and interesting! I was able to do a special program that included multiple summers but I graduated in 5 years with a BS and MS in CS, never looked back.

I felt much more confident entering the job market with it as well.

[–] stockRot@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Does anyone have any experience working towards a master's without a bachelor's? I only got as far as data structures in undergrad, but would like to go for a master's if possible