Re:Ask HN: Am I crazy not to pursue a machine learning maste...
by sloaken on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:30PM
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A key question is: Did you enjoy taking the class?
The love of money is a dangerous mistress.
When you have a family at home, spending time studying can often feel like you are cheating your kids out of your being a good dad.
You can keep yourself relevant without a masters. Can you get a Grad certificate? Or can you learn a lot on your own? In your current job? Better yet can you get your university to pay you a salary while you go to school full time?
The love of money is a dangerous mistress.
When you have a family at home, spending time studying can often feel like you are cheating your kids out of your being a good dad.
You can keep yourself relevant without a masters. Can you get a Grad certificate? Or can you learn a lot on your own? In your current job? Better yet can you get your university to pay you a salary while you go to school full time?