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andyjohnson0 on March 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Declining Value of a CS Master's Degree (2013)

> people I worked with would consider anything better than Bachelors in CS on a candidate’s CV (eg MS or PhD) as a signal that they wasted too much time in their life

I'm also in the UK, have an MSc (STEM subject), and FWIW have never come across this attitude.

enraged_camel on March 23, 2018 [–]

IME it totally depends on the degree. Master’s in Electrical Engineering? You’ll be respected. Master’s in Anthropology? Yep, people will absolutely think you slacked off too much.

jcelerier on March 23, 2018 | [–]

Isn't a computer science degree assumed ? I doubt there's that many people going to alstom with an anthropology degree.

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