Postgraduate studies

[Antony Gelberg]

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>:
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> ----- 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
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>
>> (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
>
>
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>
> 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.
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> I hope that I gave you some helpful hints
>
> Shahar
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