"Not enough young people are embracing computing, often because they are leery of being branded nerds..."
Wouldn't that mean that young people didn't do anything nerdy? Last time I checked, there were plenty of nerdy fields outside of tech.
Try to get a job that will pay for some portion of your MS. That way you don't miss out on the experience at work, and you get the MS. And, sorry, I hate to break it to all the naysayers, but, it does matter. The MS will open up doors for you **but you have to leverage it do so!***
You can't just bang out an MS and expect offers for 150k to be flying your way, you need to do the work. You need to market yourself, make sure you have the right real/technical skills, and then most important *go somewhere that values the education*
People make the mistake of getting the MS and then going somewhere that would hire the guy with the BS. Go somewhere where the majority of people have advanced education (be it a big or small place). Don't cheat yourself by not doing this.
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"Not enough young people are embracing computing, often because they are leery of being branded nerds..." Wouldn't that mean that young people didn't do anything nerdy? Last time I checked, there were plenty of nerdy fields outside of tech.
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Try to get a job that will pay for some portion of your MS. That way you don't miss out on the experience at work, and you get the MS. And, sorry, I hate to break it to all the naysayers, but, it does matter. The MS will open up doors for you **but you have to leverage it do so!*** You can't just bang out an MS and expect offers for 150k to be flying your way, you need to do the work. You need to market yourself, make sure you have the right real/technical skills, and then most important *go somewhere that values the education* People make the mistake of getting the MS and then going somewhere that would hire the guy with the BS. Go somewhere where the majority of people have advanced education (be it a big or small place). Don't cheat yourself by not doing this.