Hi,
I've done my BSc (Computer Science, Physics, Maths). And I've 5 years work experience in office automation. Can anyone suggest if I should quit my job and continue with my studies. I'm confused to take up MSc(Computer Science) or MCA(Master in computer application). Which one is best suited and what's the scope of each. I would also like to know if MSc(Computer Science) has any value in the market and what the future could be.
Thanks,
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Study is an investment in yourself. So it is (almost) never wasted.
If you have the money, go for it. Else, you can possibly combine work and study? It is going to be tough, but not impossible.
It depends who you want to be.
To be or not to be.
To be like Bill gates, you don't even need a degree.
To be a lecturer, you probably need a Phd.
To be like a code monkey, just need to learn say Yes.
To be an entrepreneur, you need to learn more about the markets and human behaviors.
All in all, you definitely get reward from the time you spent on study.
I for one worked to pay for my studies. Its doable, but you need to tell your Advisors and direct professors, so they understand your situation otherwise as there are some professors (luckily not many) that will not let their students work and study at the same time.
I am working full time. I have two MScs and I'm about to start an MA. Study develops your mind in so many ways, and develops your ability to think and to reason.
Education is almost always The Best Choice.
Good luck with it.
That's really depends on the job you want to do. Look on job sites of your area and see what the job you want to do requires. You can also get in touch with head hunters to know what additional options will give you a master.
Post-graduate work is useful if you want to specialise in something or fill-in gaps. The only post-grad work I've done is a Diploma in Business (essentially the first half of the MBA programme there), which was good to add a basic commerce background to a computer science degree. I think that I got quite a bit of mileage from doing this, although the MBA lark is quite hard yakka when you're also working full-time. I may possibly go back and finish the MBA, but I think that's really getting into diminishing returns and the effort would be better spent elsewhere.
I may also fill in some more maths at some point or do something in Actuarial Science (I'm currently working in Insurance and getting substantial career mileage from this industry specialisation). These really have the effect of expanding outwards from my base in Computer Science. To take Computer Science further I might do a postgraduate qualification in a field that interests me, perhaps Database Systems Architecture.
The key here is interest and relevance. There is absolutely no point in doing a postgraduate qualification that doesn't interest you. You won't enjoy it, you won't get really good results and you will spend a lot of money and waste a lot of time without really enhancing your career.
In a postgrad (or any student for that matter) I'm really looking for someone that gets at least some A's. This shows that you found something (preferrably a non-trivially difficult paper) that you were good at. A masters full of B's and C's with no good grades looks a bit odd.