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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by pc86 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @12:52PM (#15019912)
"Many folds" is very unlikely unless you're already grossly underpaid. A small percentage? Maybe. Enough to justify the cost of attendance? Again, maybe if you're going the OMSCS route and you're only out $7k. If you drop $30k on a master's you'll be lucky you make that up even before considering inflation, opportunity cost, etc.

I have a BA in Political Science and about a decade as a software developer. The next step in my career would be better served by an MBA than an MSCS. I'm not even sure I could break even if I did GT's OMSCS out of pocket as I'm about as high up as I can get and still use data structure and algorithm knowledge on a daily (let's be honest - weekly at best) basis.

Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by ll931110 on Monday August 21, 2017 @10:26AM (#15064840)
I'm not talking about pay or salary, just career in general. There are a lot more than money matter here.