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travisjungroth on May 6, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Master’s Degree in Computer Science

The problem is most Masters programs don’t give you much expertise. Ever tried depending on someone’s skill in a topic they have a Masters in? Real crapshoot.

isubasinghe on May 6, 2022 [–]

imo more common in the anglosphere that masters degrees are watered down these days. But top universities should have respectable programs still.

The masters students at my current uni (ETH Zürich) are easily the best software engineers I have ever worked with.

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