Background : I am a product designer with a few years of experience in the industry. I already have a B.Des degree and I'm seeing that the standard route for people with my background is to do a masters in design.
From my time working I've seen that people who are good designers irrespective of whether they have some sort of design degree or not are doing well. Which makes me unsure whether I should take up masters or not. This might be a very biased take since the sample size is very small.
All in all, I wanted to understand if a masters degree holds a high valuation like in other industries.
There is stuff you will possibly only learn in a college. If that is what you want to, and money is no concern, you should go ahead. But if what you are expecting is a career jump, that may not be the path to take. Masters is helpful, but real world experience holds more value during interviews from what I have seen.
Makes sense, thank you
I also have the same confusion...Is doing Masters in HCI from foreign universities really worth it...after spending 1 Cr+ in US in this economy & not able to secure a job there & in worst case scenario returning back to India...so eventually you spent in dollars & earn in rupees...& Even thinking deeper will the product designer role still be relevant after 10 years down the line
Yeah, in my case, I don't even want to work abroad so it makes even less sense. But yeah, whenever I've asked seniors if I should do masters or not, even they can't tell if it's needed or not so just confused me even more.
Same 2 same position 🥲
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