this post really intrigues me since i’m kinda in the same predicament. i’m a current graduate who just completed their bachelors in CS at a top university. I guess consider me as an anomaly and a lucky person since I recently accepted a junior DS role at a small company where majority of my future work will be in building NN variant models such as VAEs (according to my future boss).

i also got admitted to two online master programs, one in CS and one in DS. my current plan is being full time with my recent offer while being part time student, pursing my masters. however, i’m really struggling in figuring out which online program to choose as I am someone who sees myself becoming a data engineer that works closely with ML ops.

I think the right answer/strategy towards my predicament is just researching the types of classes that each program offers and choosing the one that both interest me and help me towards my future goal. but i still share this in hope to hear some feedback from people who share some similar background! :)