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 <d...@cs.technion.ac.il>: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antony Gelberg" > <antony.gelb...@gmail.com> > To: "Linux-IL" <linux-il@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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
