Postgraduate studies

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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> >
> > --
> > Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
> > http://ladypine.org
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Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
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