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Should I do a masters?

  • 18-10-2017 11:08pm
    #1
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭


    I'm completely doing a masters next year.

    I am currently in my final year of my computer science degree (BSc) and will finish in May. Ideally I would like to go straight into employment and work as a developer. But there's something inside of me telling me to do a masters.

    Is it a good idea to work FT, and do a masters PT. How tough is the workload from, doing both?

    The master course I want to do is MSC in Web Technologies in NCI.

    Will having a masters in tech stand to me when applying for jobs?


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  • #2
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    Bump


  • #3
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Captain Slow IRL


    I would say go out and get some real world experience, if you can find a job you like. The lack of a masters shouldn't hold you back from getting a decent job. If you were up applying for a job and had a few years experience with a degree, you would be far more desirable than a student with a masters.

    Personally, I'm gonna try and do a pt masters in the forseeable future; I just have to get a house built first!


  • #4
    ILikeBoats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭ILikeBoats


    I did a part time masters in Data Analytics while working full time.

    Work paid, that was good.
    I had over 8 years work experience after my degree (also in Computer Science), that was good and helped with a lot of the coursework.

    Having to drive in college for 6pm in rush hour traffic after working all day was horrible.
    Getting home at 10pm was horrible.
    Having to go to college on a Saturday was horrible.
    Spending your nights off and weekends doing assignments was horrible.
    Thinking of an experiment, and writing a thesis was beyond horrible.

    I hated it. I'm happy I have it now, but it was 2 years of hell, and 2 years of me constantly moaning.

    That's just me though!


  • #5
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    I did a Masters in Biomedical Science while working. It was 2 years part time, all online.

    I hated it from start to finish. The stress of it, doing assignments after work when you're tired, not knowing if I was doing it right with no classmates to talk to.

    But I'm glad I have it now because I will need it when looking for promotion.

    I would say if a masters isn't a huge advantage to your career then you might not need it.


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