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Re:University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize by azinman2 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:19PM (#15513124)
Top tier usesally doesn’t have terminal MS. MS means you didn’t cut it or you want out. In either case they pay you.
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Re:University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize by luckydude on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:55AM (#15516748)
I think that's not completely accurate. In physics and math and probably other hard science disciplines, yeah, you are correct, a masters means "thanks but you're not gonna make it to a PhD".

I have a masters in Computer Science from UW-Madison and I had nothing to do with the PhD track. I just wanted more learning and the CS department was happy to provide it. There was no stigma associated with a masters degree there and it's definitely helped me in my career.

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