Personally, I'd go for an undergrad CS degree first. uopeople.edu might be a good place to start. I'm currently working through that program, and I intend to continue to the GA Tech masters program when I'm done.
Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It?
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#62Anyone know of similar programs for undergrad? i.e. an online accredited CS bachelors from a real university.
Oregon State University has an online 2nd bachelor's program if you already got another undergrad degree. Not sure how 'good' the program is or anything though, and it doesn't look nearly as inexpensive as the GA tech program if I'm not mistaken:
http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/online-degrees/undergraduate/...
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#63just wondering, is the admission process similar to other graduate programs? do you need GRE scores? letters of recommendation? what has been people's experiences around these requirements?
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#64Current working professional and an OMSCS student here. It highly depends on the context. Biggest pros are: 1. This is perhaps the cheapest Computer Science masters in the United States from a premier school. The degree is exactly the same as offered to the residential program and the credits acquired are all legit and transferable to other universities. I had friends who transferred from OMSCS to a regular school an…
> Cmon guys, a US Masters for 7000 USD? For US costal software engineers, $7k is relatively inexpensive. The average monthly income in Brazil is ~$620 a month. The average top end worker is $3500 a month. So $7k would likely be a significant investment for many Brazilians. https://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/in-booming-braz...
I did a masters an Johns Hopkins and completed it all online. It's a similar style program where you can do it all online, on campus, or as a combination.
Still cost me slightly over 40k even though Innever stepped foot on campus.
It's a total rip-off, but only in the sense that I couldn't get a decent paying job without a masters (work in biotech).
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#65Their SSL is currently broken and displaying warnings... https://www.omscs.gatech.edu/
Working fine here on Android Chrome 59.0.3071.125.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Cmon guys, a US Masters for 7000 USD? For US costal software engineers, $7k is relatively inexpensive. The average monthly income in Brazil is ~$620 a month. The average top end worker is $3500 a month. So $7k would likely be a significant investment for many Brazilians. https://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/in-booming-braz...
I did a masters an Johns Hopkins and completed it all online. It's a similar style program where you can do it all online, on campus, or as a combination. Still cost me slightly over 40k even though Innever stepped foot on campus. It's a total rip-off, but only in the sense that I couldn't get a decent paying job without a masters (work in biotech).
> It's a total rip-off
I've always been under the impression that most masters degrees are money mills for the university. They expect your employer to foot the bill.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
I work full time as a systems engineer and have been a software engineer professionally for the last 3 years. I have a Bachelor's but it's not in anything remotely related to CS. Is it possible to be working full time and doing the OMSCS and succeed?
Hopefully, because I'm in a similar situation and starting the program in a week!
Good luck.. I start my first class next week as well
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#70Logging in as a throwaway. The program only costs $5k but it was one of the most expensive things I've done in my life. Got a job at Google directly because of this program (a few classes like CCA helped a lot with interviews). I'm aware of at least a couple dozen of us from OMS here. The program cost me dearly. It cost me my relationship with the SO and it cost me my health (staying up late nights, lots of coffee).…
while the degree has led to you getting a job at Google, you're saying it's a throwaway because it costed you your mental health/relationship? not trying to question your assessment- just wondering whether or not you think you could have gotten a job at Google otherwise and that's why the program was a throwaway?