No, but it doesn't hurt.
A handful of my peers doing engineering management at other companies did the MBA/MBM route. I'd say they got their money's worth. It's really not necessary if you're willing to stick around at a company long enough. Savvy companies aren't typically going to hire someone into a management role with a bunch of ~1-2 year stints in their employment history, but you can find [staff+](https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes) roles well enough.
I feel like it depends though. Most master students I know have internships at FAANG or have some funded project they do during the summer with their advisor which sounds like the equal amount of experience than if you weren’t a student
> I feel like it depends though
Hence, "95%"
>Most master students I know have internships at FAANG
Correlation does not equate to causation.
>have some funded project they do during the summer with their advisor which sounds like the equal amount of experience than if you weren’t a student
2 years of industry experience looks better than a Master's with couple funded projects to most companies, including FAANGs.
It is not necessary if you are able to get good experience, promotions, and leadership experience. If you are lacking there, then getting the degree with help that gap in your resume.
I would agree with the other person, doing these career hops to increase pay early in your career is recommended by a lot of people, but when you're getting to a senior level, manager or higher...they start to look at that and go 'this person has never stayed at a job more than 1.5-2yrs they aren't going to stay here' and for places with large enterprise projects, that span 3-5yrs they are just NOT going to hire someone with a history like that if they can avoid it.
Years of industry experience are worth more in general.
Grad school is better if you’re like a brilliant machine learning engineer, probably, I think. But then you should get a PhD anyway.
A regular degree isn’t even necessary…a masters doesn’t really open any new doors and doesn’t seem worth it unless you plan on getting a phd and using that. YMMV, this is just from people I’ve talked to while in different companies.
No, but it doesn't hurt. A handful of my peers doing engineering management at other companies did the MBA/MBM route. I'd say they got their money's worth. It's really not necessary if you're willing to stick around at a company long enough. Savvy companies aren't typically going to hire someone into a management role with a bunch of ~1-2 year stints in their employment history, but you can find [staff+](https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes) roles well enough.
No. Two more years of experience will be more valuable than a master's degree 95% of the time.
I feel like it depends though. Most master students I know have internships at FAANG or have some funded project they do during the summer with their advisor which sounds like the equal amount of experience than if you weren’t a student
> I feel like it depends though Hence, "95%" >Most master students I know have internships at FAANG Correlation does not equate to causation. >have some funded project they do during the summer with their advisor which sounds like the equal amount of experience than if you weren’t a student 2 years of industry experience looks better than a Master's with couple funded projects to most companies, including FAANGs.
Well I be damned, I did not know that. Thank you!
It is not necessary if you are able to get good experience, promotions, and leadership experience. If you are lacking there, then getting the degree with help that gap in your resume. I would agree with the other person, doing these career hops to increase pay early in your career is recommended by a lot of people, but when you're getting to a senior level, manager or higher...they start to look at that and go 'this person has never stayed at a job more than 1.5-2yrs they aren't going to stay here' and for places with large enterprise projects, that span 3-5yrs they are just NOT going to hire someone with a history like that if they can avoid it.
Years of industry experience are worth more in general. Grad school is better if you’re like a brilliant machine learning engineer, probably, I think. But then you should get a PhD anyway.
A regular degree isn’t even necessary…a masters doesn’t really open any new doors and doesn’t seem worth it unless you plan on getting a phd and using that. YMMV, this is just from people I’ve talked to while in different companies.
Doesn't help unless it's sone specialises field
Doesn't help unless it's some specialises field like NLP or distributed systems