>So here's the deal folks. I have been programming mainly in Xbase since DbaseIII plus. About 15 years. I have started writing programs in C# and am getting the hang of it. But I'm considering getting a Masters in Computer Science. Being self taught, I'm beginning to wonder how much information and techniques I have missed by skipping the formal education.
>This will take significant time to complete and at age 42, I want to make sure I will gain enough out of it to make it worth the time I put in.
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>So, for anyone who wants to respond, who has advanced degrees? (Master's or Phd). Regardless of if you have an advanced degree or not, do you feel there is signifigant value in them (assuming of course the program is good)?
You can take a correspondence study, and save lots of bucks and hours. For instance, look at the program at
www.grantham.edu. For more options, get the Bear's Catalog (
www.degree.net).
At least under these circumstances, I think yes, it is worth the trouble. There are quite a few additional things you will learn through a formal study.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
