This was an interesting article to me, as it’s rare to read about a professional with a mathematics PhD and an established career in academia as a Professor of Mathematics who decided to do an online Master’s in Computer Science.
The main idea of her account is that the credential helped open some doors to move to a Computer Science department.
If anyone is interested in a personal anecdote, I’ve been in this industry coming up on 10 years now, and I still think my MS was worth it.
I’ve always risen to the top of resume stacks in part because of it, and I also learned a lot of concepts and strategies that I never came across in my BS, and lastly, I found a lot of the course work and research fascinating and interesting! I was able to do a special program that included multiple summers but I graduated in 5 years with a BS and MS in CS, never looked back.
I felt much more confident entering the job market with it as well.