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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by nheskia on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @12:13PM (#15019521)
while the degree has led to you getting a job at Google, you're saying it's a throwaway because it costed you your mental health/relationship? not trying to question your assessment- just wondering whether or not you think you could have gotten a job at Google otherwise and that's why the program was a throwaway?
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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by throwawayaug15 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @12:20PM (#15019609)
Fair question. Throwaway because I don't want my personal comment history to be tagged as "the opinion of a Google Engineer". It's a card that I don't like to pull out in discussions, but it's relevant here.

Also the personal stuff to some extent. Point is, I gained a lot from the program, but it hurt me in other ways and money is the least of these worries.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by sxv on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @12:50PM (#15019886)
A "throwaway" account means that he/she created a temporary hacker news username for this one-time post for anonymity. "Throwaway" does not refer to the degree or program.
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