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Re:The art of high performance computing by justin66 on Saturday December 30, 2023 @03:15PM (#38818664)
> The one drawback I find is that a lot of HPC jobs want you do have a masters degree.

Is it possible that pretty much any specialization, outside of the most common ones, engages in a lot of gatekeeping? I remember how difficult it appeared to be after I graduated to break into embedded systems (I never did). I persisted until I realized it doesn't even pay very well, comparatively.

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Re:The art of high performance computing by johnnyanmac on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:28PM (#38846736)
Yes, but to varying degrees. I imagine the whole "fortune 500" deal probably gatekept more than it really needed to. While I don't think any specialization NEEDS a masters since 2-3 years of industry work in that field will do just as much 90% of the tie (a few may need PhD's, mostly for R&D labs), some can justify it more than others.

It's also cultural. From what I hear, the east cost US cares a lot more about prestige than the west coast that focuses a lot more on performance.

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