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Re:Master’s Degree in Computer Science by chadcmulligan on Friday May 06, 2022 @02:59AM (#31282152)
It depends a lot on the teachers imho, the difference is chalk and cheese, I did my degrees before the internet. I had some math teachers that in hind sight weren't very good, I found this out many years later watching Gilbert Strang teaching linear algebra amongst others. In CS though I was lucky enough to have a couple of lecturers that wrote the books on the subject, the depth of knowledge they had was huge (as you'd expect). To be a crotchety old man - you youngsters have it so easy now :-) - you can watch the experts in any field teach it, even ask them a question, the stuff of dreams. So I think because of this the value of a masters coursework is a lot less than it was, at least in CS.
Re:Master’s Degree in Computer Science by hamburglar1 on Friday May 06, 2022 @03:07AM (#31282205)
Gil Strang got me through Lin alg, stopped going in person after I found his videos. Haven’t heard that name in years.
Re:Master’s Degree in Computer Science by metasyn on Friday May 06, 2022 @03:11AM (#31282232)
Gilbert Strang is fantastic, both his videos and written material