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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My CS kid has a cleared job lined up for after graduation.

He just did an extended group research project with a few other CS/Engineering majors. The first week one of them said, "critical thinking is not my strongpoint". My kid had to remake every slide in the presentation that the other students made after the advisor said those slides won't get a passing grade. He is involved in another ongoing project where the students basically wait to be directed/told what to do by him or the other leader on the project. He finds that the majority of engineers/CS students just aren't very good at what they do and rely on college to teach them everything, then don't do any personal projects/clubs/etc at all which is where he personally has really learned the most.

In fact, he would rather be doing  EE/ECE than CS at this point, based on all the knowledge he has picked up with personal projects, but feels that staying in college an extra year would be less beneficial than working a guaranteed year or two in cyber, continuing with personal projects,  and then trying to change his career focus once he's not a new grad.

I think a lot of kids going into CS/engineering now just do it bc they think that's what they should do to make money and get a job, but they really would be better off doing something else from a personal satisfaction and skills perspective.[/quote]

Your child might want to consider getting a Masters in ECE (rather than a Masters in CS) after 2-3 years.  That should be workable for your DC.  Many employers, often including the civil service, will support (financially and/or Flex Time) someone getting a STEM graduate degree while working.

Combinations of CompE/CS/EE often are more valuable.

Also, DC should look into the MS programs at the Naval Postgraduate School.  Many of these are free to US Citizens and many students are civilians. NPS is both rigorous and well respected in STEM. NPS can hold a student's DoD clearance and they like to have cleared students. [/quote]

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