| ▲ | tombert 5 days ago |
| I have been unemployed for the last few months, and there's only so much TV and YouTube I can watch without going utterly insane between interviews, Since WGU just started doing masters degrees in CS, I decided it would be a way to kill large amounts of time while getting at least a little out of it, so I registered for it. I've been a professional software person for like fourteen years, so I was able to knock it out extremely quickly due to WGU's competency based stuff, so now I finally am able to put "MS" after my name. |
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| ▲ | hmottestad 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Good for you. Cross my fingers that you'll land a good job soon. Or create your own job. |
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| ▲ | tombert 5 days ago | parent [-] | | I have a few prospects lined up. I'm actually planning on doing a second masters from a slightly more prestigious university with a more theory-heavy degree [1], but it's nice to at least have an official graduate degree now. Hopefully it helps me find work a bit quicker, and if nothing else it's just kind of fun to pile up degrees. [1] https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/f04 | | |
| ▲ | yu3zhou4 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I was recently looking for a master's degree in math that is: - 100% remote - 100% self-paced - fairly cheap and it looks like Open University is the best option right now? Did you find any better option? | | |
| ▲ | tombert 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I couldn’t find anything that ticks all those outside of OU. University of Texas has one that looked pretty ok, but it was kind of expensive for a non-Texas resident. University of Western Florida has one for “Mathematical Sciences”, which more or less fits, and it’s not even that expensive, but I think that one is synchronous. | | |
| ▲ | yu3zhou4 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Yeah, I wish there were more options than that. Also, remote phd or master+phd would be even better, but these are even more uncommon and pricey (unless you know about a one that is good and cheap and remote then I’d love to learn more) | | |
| ▲ | tombert 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I was doing the University of York online PhD in computer science (formal methods), and it was actually pretty great, but it was costing me like $17,000 per year, and it was a huge time sink when I was already working full time. That said, if you feel like you're organized enough to pull it off, I do recommend looking into University of York. It's a very good school. | | |
| ▲ | yu3zhou4 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Thanks, that's actually useful and I will be happy to consider it once I have more spare time in life! Why did you complete WGU masters in computer science after already having a PhD in computer science? | | |
| ▲ | tombert 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I don't have a PhD, I dropped it about a year ago; sorry, rereading my comment that was not made clear. I wanted a graduate degree in CS, and I figured I could get the WGU one quickly. | | |
| ▲ | yu3zhou4 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Oh I get it now, thanks! Please let me know if you decide to enroll to math master's in OU, maybe we can help each other! I think I'll do the same on the next semester (so early 2026) | | |
| ▲ | tombert 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I actually just registered for it :) Assuming I'm approved I'll be starting in October. Feel free to email me (address in profile) if you want to talk about it. | | |
| ▲ | yu3zhou4 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Thanks! Keeping fingers crossed for your success with this degree |
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| ▲ | Simon_O_Rourke 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Best of luck on your job search, hope you land something soon! |
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| ▲ | hx8 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Do you feel like you picked up additional knowledge and skills? The pluses you mentioned are fighting boredom, being affordable, and being credentialed. |
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| ▲ | tombert 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Not really, no. I was a bit underwhelmed by the whole thing; it didn't feel like "computer science", it felt like light software engineering, and since I've been doing software engineering for awhile I was able to fly through the work. I did have a bit of fun learning about some of the more "platform as a service" parts of AWS, that has been something I've been putting off at learning more about for awhile, but overall I don't feel like I learned a ton. I registered for another masters degree from a different online school to start in October that I think I'll enjoy and learn more from. |
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| ▲ | lotsoweiners 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| What did the total cost for your MS? |
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