Postgraduate studies
Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
ladypine at gmail.com
Wed Aug 3 12:13:39 IDT 2011
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM, guy keren <choo at actcom.co.il> wrote:
>
> except for one thing: the number of "manot" that one will actually get
> is a big unknown - and this is not written anywhere clearly.
>
> The standard is 5 for a full timer. One additional mana you can get from
your advisor, and you can get upto 7 if you win a special prize.
> in addition, the ability to become a teaching assistant is not clear in
> advance - and this can have a noticeable effect too.
>
In the Technion in CS, it is hard NOT to be a TA, if you are an internal
student.
>
> --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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