Master of Software Engineering: CMU or Elsewhere?

nestea247 asks: "I graduated from CMU 3 years ago and have since worked in a very good company and gained quite a lot of solid software development experiences. Now I'm thinking of moving on, to learn more about software engineering i.e. management/methods/processes. CMU has a very good program. I have been comparing it against other schools like MIT, Stanford, Berkeley...etc., and it seems like only CMU has very specific concentration on software engineering and a tailor-made cirriculum. Other schools are just general masters degree in CS that might require me to re-learn or polish a lot of concepts in undergrad. So CMU sounds like a good choice, but I hope if someone could tell me what's good about the other schools. What should I take into consideration (academically) when I select a grad school for MSE?"

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Re:Another PHB, comin' up!

[PD]

I'm a code monkey now and forever more because I don't want the headaches that management has to deal with on a daily basis.

I think that at least half of the rift between programmers and management is that we are suspicious of anyone who would rather deal with the headaches of management more than the quirks of a compiler.