Is Masters in HCI worth it ?
My background : Work
2.6 years of Work experience as Software Engineer in WITCH Company handling the middleware and some devops operations in my project.
Education
B.tech in CSE from a Tier 2 college I started my career a bit late compared to my peers because of some bad decisions in past but I was able to get back on track and gain industry experience . Since past year I realized I haven't grown much career wise . I had plans to pursue Masters earlier but postponed it because of COVID and I realised it's better to gain some experience before going abroad. I didn't want to pursue a traditional CS Masters degree since I wanted to explore and learn something new . That's when I came across HCI and over the months my interest in it has deepened . I did take some courses related to HCI and UX to get better understanding.
Skills
I have fairly decent front end skillset with good basics in HTML, CSS , JavaScript and ReactJS . Started learning Figma recently
I want to land jobs as UX Engineer where I do a bit of design and coding . I have got admits from good universities which have specialization in HCI . I wanted to know if it's a good decision to go for masters now and pursue this field .
Depends on university and country. If you have admit from the top 10 schools (likes of UC Berkeley / CMU / UT Austin), yes absolutely. This would not only enhance your knowledge and exposure, you can switch to better companies with higher pay
https://www.collegerank.net/best-masters-human-computer-interaction-hcim/
If you consider this website for top HCI universities then yeah I guess it's in top 10 - I have admits from IUB, Iowa
Did you get any RA or scholarship? How much is the tuition for entire studies?
Kyo bhai?