Do employers really respect the masters in analytics degree (particularly the Georgia tech one)?

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Some people clearly sleep through class and you can’t tell who did that and who didn’t.

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Experience trumps all

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Definitely felt that mine was helpful in negotiating a decent starting salary

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Ehh… you’ll get way more signaling leverage from an mba.

If you’re going into hardcore analytics roles, I could see it being useful- but I think you’ll get less of the boost from the brand that you might think. However the education and skills I’m sure will help.

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From GT? Yes, particularly if you are in the Southeast.

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Yup - although I’m doin the CS one. I’ve gotten tons of interviews including Data Eng interviews at FAANG.

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I sure hope so

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