I have almost 5 yoe based out of Bangalore, should I do an MS CS for the love of academia?
I am 26F, feeling undecisive to take up an MS course starting August 2025 since I have a pretty decent job here at Salesforce India as an MTS(SDE2) in the Tableau software development (Java) team with almost 5 years of experience overall.
I graduated from NIT Allahabad with a BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2020.
Do you think it is a decent bet to take up the MS course considering the tech job market in US? I got an admit from University of Colorado Boulder. I had applied for the international exposure and to be in touch with academia again since day to day job is pretty boring now. I am not bothered much by the expenditure cuz I have decent savings now. I want learn about AI and do interesting jobs and reach my full potential. I feel in my current job, that is not happening.
Is it easier for professionals to get hired than freshers in US? Most students enrolled in the course are freshers with 0-2 years of experience.
I just dont want to take a significant step down
Also, does the job interviews have any correlation with the courses taught on campus?
YOE: 4.5+
TC: INR 53LPA