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A comment on Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as a new grad at Amazon?.

Re:Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as... by astro-lizard on Monday July 13, 2026 @02:19PM (#48896622)
Reddit is full of desperate crabs pulling you down into the bucket. Go to Cambridge, that's literally a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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Re:Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as... by mdp2021 on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @12:55AM (#48902454)
(Funny. What is meant there with "crabs"? Is it a typical behaviour of crabs to hold each other (so getting stuck "in a bucket", in the said case)?)
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Re:Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as... by beng-nl on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @10:41AM (#48907691)
Supposedly yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality

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Re:Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as... by high_na_euv on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @09:17AM (#48906396)
>Go to Cambridge, that's literally a once in a lifetime opportunity.

For what exactly?

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Re:Ask HN: Should I do a CS masters at Cambridge or start as... by rienbdj on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @08:32AM (#48919856)
Masters programs are much less competitive than undergrad. It’ll still be there.
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