I'm on my third year of a Masters course. The third year is a year out in industry. So I've spent the last 11 months as programmer for an ISP.
It's been great experience and good to take a break from university. You should see if you can do a masters with a year in industry. Personally, 5 years is a long time to stay in one place.
What I've found is that a few of the students on the same course have now dropped out of the masters to a shorter course as they have been offered permanent jobs by their industrial year employers.
I like studying but don't want to end up an academic, so I chose the masters to give me a couple of extra years. Now, my reason for sticking with the masters is the economic climate, many of my friends in computer science and other fields are finding it difficult to get work at present.
Good luck to you, whatever you choose.
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I'm on my third year of a Masters course. The third year is a year out in industry. So I've spent the last 11 months as programmer for an ISP. It's been great experience and good to take a break from university. You should see if you can do a masters with a year in industry. Personally, 5 years is a long time to stay in one place. What I've found is that a few of the students on the same course have now dropped out of the masters to a shorter course as they have been offered permanent jobs by their industrial year employers. I like studying but don't want to end up an academic, so I chose the masters to give me a couple of extra years. Now, my reason for sticking with the masters is the economic climate, many of my friends in computer science and other fields are finding it difficult to get work at present. Good luck to you, whatever you choose.