Postgraduate studies

[Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda]

http://grad.technion.ac.il/heb/ ; Go to Melagot - Clali.
This is getting a bit OT, IMHO, and a bit RTFM.

Orna

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Shahar Dag <dag at cs.technion.ac.il> wrote:

> Hi
>
> If you are an internal student and a teaching assistant, then (at list at
> the Technion) you can get a scholarship + some low salary. I don't know what
> is the current amount
>
> Shahar
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antony Gelberg" <
> antony.gelberg at gmail.com>
> To: "Shahar Dag" <dag at cs.technion.ac.il>
> Cc: "Linux-IL" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Postgraduate studies
>
>
>
> Very interesting, thank you.  How many hours per week did you have to
> devote to the MSc?  As for enjoying studies less, I hear you but I
> think I would less-enjoy having no cash-flow to pay the bills.
>
> I have also been considering whether a second degree in management
> e.g. MSc Management, or MBA may be more beneficial career-wise than
> another geeky MSc.  :)
>
>
> 2011/7/31 Shahar Dag <dag at cs.technion.ac.il>:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antony Gelberg"
>> <antony.gelberg at gmail.com>
>> To: "Linux-IL" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 6:53 PM
>> Subject: OT: Postgraduate studies
>>
>>
>>  (I hope this isn't so off-topic as to cause offence.)
>>>
>>> I'm an computer scientist and oleh chadash , just finished ulpan bet
>>> plus. 15 years experience in the field, 1.5 years in Israel, was CTO
>>> of a startup last year, this year I've been mostly studying Hebrew.
>>>
>>> So now it's time to polish off my CV and further my career. I've been
>>> browsing the main Israeli high-tech websites today, as an example I
>>> was just looking at the IBM Research Labs - very interesting indeed.
>>> However most positions seem to require an MSc. There is a definite
>>> cultural difference between here and the UK in terms of second degrees
>>> - I don't have one. I'm 34 and don't want to hang about forever, but
>>> at the same time I might consider postgraduate studies if they were
>>> really useful career-wise. Naturally, it's also too late in the year
>>> to apply for the upcoming academic year...
>>>
>>> I'd be interested to hear any thoughts from the list on whether it
>>> would be a Good Idea to consider an MSc at this point, or whether I
>>> should settle for a role where "just" a BSc is required, and see if I
>>> can work with future employer to study whilst I work...
>>>
>>> Antony
>>>
>>
>> Hello Antony
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a first degree in computer engineering from the Technion (faculty:
>> electrical eng.). After several years of working as computer engineer, I
>> also got an Msc. from the Technion. My Msc is in artificial intelligence
>> and
>> I did it as external student again in electrical eng. since (at the time)
>> they were more liberal regarding external students. The only difference
>> from
>> learning in computer science is that I had to take an advanced course in
>> mathematics. Learning in parallel to full time job is not easy, but I
>> think
>> that the main disadvantage is that you don't have time to enjoy your
>> study.
>> You do only the bare minimum and you don't have time for extra courses,
>> seminars and special lectures.
>>
>> When I look back, I think that a professional MSc. was a mistake (I never
>> felt it helped me at work, but who knows), I should instead do a second
>> degree in management.
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope that I gave you some helpful hints
>>
>> Shahar
>>
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Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
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