| Comment | I'm not disagreeing with your first two points in its entirety but you seemed to be using the fact a PhD isn't useful to a career as a software developer as evidence an MSc isn't either. As someone who has recruited developers, having an MSc in a relevant aspect of computer science/IT is definitely a good thing to have on your CV.
And as for vocational experience, the point is that you are spending 3 years predominantly working at a university rather than within a company, with all that entails with regards professional qualification such as chartership, project managerial experience, the normal grad scheme rotations. So of course a PhD has benefits applicable to certain roles but it comes at a significant negative cost compared to someone entering industry 3 years earlier.
And as someone who self-funded their way through Oxbridge, fuck off with that rich folk connections shite. That world that everyone thinks exists is just for the Eton->PPE->Westminster subset - they're just normal universities for anyone in STEM, and personally I've got a hell of a lot more out use of my vocationally-relevant postgrad Strathy degree than that one. |
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