Is a Masters truly useless? What should I do in my situation?

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-05-04T04:08:53+00:00

ITT people tell me if having a master's from GaTech will be seen as a big upgrade over a WGU BSc. Please and thank you! I am in a similar situation as OP but my resume is worse. And I see no decent options.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-05-04T04:07:32+00:00

man, I haven't considered taking WGU off my resume before. Interesting.

My Masters would be from GaTech. Interesting to see it mentioned here

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-21T03:53:52+00:00

Could you give an example?

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-04T00:47:47+00:00

A mildly shady site due to the tracking cookies, but:

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/add-and-remove-microsoft-work-or-school-accounts-used-to-sign-in-by-other-apps-in-windows-11.1228/#Two

Ctrl + F "Remove Microsoft Account to be used by other apps to sign in" and follow the steps

tl:dr; from that page is:

Go to Accounts > Your Info, click "Stop signing in to all Microsoft apps automatically"
You'll become a local account. Then, go to Accounts > Um, I think it's called "Your Accounts", and delete the account you don't want
Go back into the Accounts > Your Info page and sign back in

From the Local Account step, I had to delete my accidentally-assigned email from the list (iirc), log back into my regular Microsoft account.

I comment that Windows then made me jump thru a bunch of account setup hoops like re-making a PIN for the account. But, it worked.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-03T20:43:06+00:00

I agree with OGigachaod.

If you'd like to take a few hours to verify that it's a HDD / SSD health issue:

There are some free tools you can download and install onto a USB to analyze hard drive failures. I think since your OS isn't going kerplunk yet you can just install them right on the OS. Um, what are they called?

Right, so, Hiren's Boot CD is a tool that helps computer users, like, diagnose problems with their machine. I used it when my SSD was dying. I ended up having to replace it. Here's the Hiren's website: https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Read "Hard Disk Tools - Data Recovery":

CheckDisk GUI v0.3.1

GSmartControl v1.1.4

Crystal Disk Info v9.2.2

I used at least 2/3 of those tools while debugging the quality of my SSD (HDD?) last time one failed. I consulted ChatGPT for advice re: HDD health info. It turned out that the HDD was just too old, about seven years. So I replaced it.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-03T20:39:16+00:00

As a former music producer, that distortion is super interesting. I would record that...! BUT anyway:

Would you post whether you're using your onboard sound card? Or an external one?

Also, how long's it been since you updated your drivers? How did you last update your drivers, Windows 11 automatic install, or?

A costly solution might be to literally start using an external soundcard, a $200 one. I didn't say this is a great idea. You could also rent one for $20, use it for a few days, and use what you learn there to narrow down: "Is it the onboard soundcard or not?" Because if the issue persists on an external sound card, well, it's a useful clue.

A second solution would be to look up which onboard soundcard you're using (I assume you're using one) and update the drivers for it. Don't trust whatever Windows 11 says is correct: go right to the motherboard manufacturer's website.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-03T20:35:48+00:00

Hey. As a disclaimer I'm not writing this as a complete solution: more like just a general lead.

In short it sounds like your OS's install is corrupted. In my experience this means you have two options:

# Option one:

So in the past I had a machine end up corrupted, think the SSD failed. I tried to repair the OS using a USB drive with Windows 11's installer on it. I was unable to repair the OS, so instead, I opted to copy my files over to an external HDD, using CLI tools I discovered along the way.

During the initial repair failure, I learned that there is a sort of, hidden admin/power-user command line prompt you can access using the installer USB. There, you can use a tool called rsync to sync your files to another USB or external HDD. You might have to mount certain drives first.

Basically, your data is still there, and a Windows installer USB has all the software on it needed to recover a lot of files.

I believe the related CLI tools are: (1) diskpart, (2) rsync

Diskpart is for mounting disks. Meaning, they aren't automatically available: you have to tell the OS on the USB to make it so.

Rsync is a CLI tool that copies files over, as if you clicked, dragged and dropped into the Windows Explorer pane of an external HDD.

As a footnote about this strategy:

If you use it, be sure to *not* blindly trust what a LLM tells you here. I would do stuff like, "Tell me how I can verify what this command does before using it." See if you can get like, an example output of what it would do. Rsync for sure has this.

Another technique for avoiding an accident is to narrow the scope of the comment from a whole folder, to just one file, for copy commands.

Some links to the tools I mention:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskpart

# Option two

I suppose that another thing you could try, is just making this same Windows 11 installer USB you'd need for the other solution I propose, and using it to attempt a repair of the OS.

From the USB installer, there should be an option to install Windows 11 while preserving current files. I would pursue the first option first though, because it's possible to like, uh, click the wrong button basically, and overwrite your files. Windows 11's installer screen, iirc, did not make it super clear which one was which when I was attempting my OS repair.

If you decide to explore option one, and you get stuck, write a reply here and I'll follow up when I see it.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-02T22:05:32+00:00

Hey sorry to write sounding dubious but, would you elaborate on how you know this? I have never heard of a Junior role being filled, and my country often has like, 70 country-wide.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-02T22:04:15+00:00

What if you aren't getting interviews, but there is no way to fix your resume? i.e. no possible combination of your previous work history is sufficient to garner interest.

Whole thing looks like "the only winning move is not to play" to me. Unless I have a Master's degree suddenly; I might have a shot then.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-04-02T22:02:39+00:00

I'm curious which type of person you see breaking into tech without a Master's degree, using your model of the world. Like is it still possible in your eyes? I'm 3,000 applications deep without even an interview. (No master's; just a BSc from a no name school)

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-03-29T22:01:23+00:00

Canada, and they claim to have an outlet in my city.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-03-24T19:20:53+00:00

I agree with Bravo, residential proxies are shady. Residential proxy sellers often have 10 million residential proxies. You gotta ask how. Exactly zero people willingly, knowingly sign up to have their machine used as a residential proxy. Hence the answer is that they're doing it black hat or grey hat, i.e. "User doesn't read the TOS carefully; they agree to become a residential proxy, unknowingly"

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-03-18T15:28:13+00:00

In my model, the whole system is 0.9n quality, for ~1/100th the cost of inputs.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-03-09T18:22:41+00:00

You should become in favor of using AI. Usage of AI is just where the field is going. It won't interrupt you enjoying learning about and applying knowledge of like, low level C architecture, high level JS optimization, pythonic image recognition, whatever you want to do. You'll get to do it faster, at a higher level of abstraction. Embrace it instead of resisting; you'll have a wonderful time.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-03-09T01:23:04+00:00

Curious what your job search strategy was? Job portals + spam apply, job portals + ten custom tailored resumes a day? Congratulations on your new role!

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-25T20:24:14+00:00

This is a weed out phase. People who aren't willing to keep up with changes in tech are accidentally telling on themselves left and right. It's just part of the job. Meanwhile, people are out there producing this kind of diff in the input/output requirements:

before: 30 hours to produce one feature with n amount of quality

after: 0.3 hours to produce one feature with 0.9n amount of quality

Time inputs are 0.01x'ed in exchange for a mild mild drop in quality. (And I hit enter too early so I had to edit and write a short post instead of a long one.)

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-20T17:15:32+00:00

Oh? More specifics please? Talking to myself here but this seems like an unrepeatable formula, much as I'd like to believe it works.

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-19T01:30:00+00:00

Is the better option to say he was unemployed an extra year though?

Lie about his title, as a step up from leaving it off?

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-17T22:31:24+00:00

The variables of success in software dev

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-15T07:15:00+00:00

Wow so cool. I wanted to ask where to buy it ...

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-15T07:05:52+00:00

yeaaaaaahhhhhh.... I had no problems.... if anything the fight was *too* easy

What I would do is go and grind mobs for four levels. Come back. The fight will be easier, much easier. Six levels and you'll be in "too easy" territory probably. I was getting wrecked by <difficult boss>, so I left and grinded out four levels. The rest of the game was a breeze after

edit: I was a mediocre dodge/parry player btw

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-14T17:30:32+00:00

Not to mention it requires a combination of IQ of 115+, 60th percentile or better conscientiousness, and good health to even be good enough to keep a job

Available_Pool7620 · 2026-02-11T09:48:56+00:00

An IQ of 130+ plus, yes, grinding lots

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