Postgraduate studies
guy keren
choo at actcom.co.il
Wed Aug 3 11:15:50 IDT 2011
except for one thing: the number of "manot" that one will actually get
is a big unknown - and this is not written anywhere clearly.
in addition, the ability to become a teaching assistant is not clear in
advance - and this can have a noticeable effect too.
--guy
On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 21:55 +0300, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote:
>
> 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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