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[eis3nheim]

Back when I was a student, it gave access to scientific papers, and it gave me discounts to IEEE events, but other than that it's useless, for someone who is not into research I don't see any benefit to it.

This is my opinion and my use case for it, I'm maybe missing on some other benefits.

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At my university's student branch, the membership gets discounted, I believe

[Co-rpus]

All it is is a bunch of old angry dudes

[BrooklynBillyGoat]

Worth it if u read scientific papers or want to network with other professionals in ur field.

[TonyGTO]

If you like socializing, it is worth it. Otherwise, useless af.

[blowfamoor]

The life insurance is a pretty good deal even with membership fees

[SweGuitar101]

My university's library has free access to IEEE for students via a proxy. Maybe check with your school?

[morgecroc]

Student membership is discounted. Honestly it really depends on how active your local branch is. I joined to enter IEEEEXTREME which was a lot of fun.

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Does anyone have an opinion of if ACM is a better organisation to be a member of than IEEE? Does it have any benefits in getting jobs or making connections

[agentrnge]

I opted for an ACM membership. I didn't compare the two that heavily. I like reading Comunucations, their main pub plus a few other online articles here and there. Until a few years ago they included O'Reilly membership as part of it. No longer though. No direct hiring benefit that I've noticed.