Does anyone know how many employees received Masters degrees from Georgia Tech per the big push by RS and company, how many graduates got promotions, and how many are still with the company? Is that program still active and are employees still applying? Are graduates happy and satisfied?
Did anyone outside of Dallas or Atlanta or anyone over 40 get to participate?
This degree program and the others like it are very real. It is challenging to get accepted and very challenging to complete. There is no difference in your diploma from someone who went to the actual campus.
Nanodegrees are more comparable to a single college-level course, they are in no way shape or form a degree replacement. They are, however, a tool that can help you learn something new.
Not REALLY..
The Georgia Tech degree is the real deal. It might not make you directly competitive with a 22 year long or grad from the Atlanta campus, but it’s still one hell of a valuable credential.
I applied for the masters program at Georgia Tech but got denied and got accepted at a local university and got my computer science masters. getting accepted there was very political but didn't need it anyway and got my masters and att still reimbursed me just took a little longer lol.
The online MS degree from Gatech is definitely not like a nanodegree program unless you're trying to coast through it with an easy specialization like Interactive Intelligence. Most people I know from AT&T who are enrolled in it are using it to jump ship to modern software companies, not for internal promotions.
Remember, the online Masters Degree offered by GA Tech was not much more than one of those Nano-Degrees. Completely different from a real Masters degree from GA Tech. Don't believe me, go ask a Tech grad.
A young man from my team completed MS Computer Science, Georgia Tech Program. It took 6 years, but he was getting offers from tech companies and jumped ship quickly. Good on him, better pay and opportunities.
Didn't go the Georgia Tech route but I did get the Cyber Security certificates. From what I understand under the FLORES org if you completed them and applied for another job in the org that was in that field you would not be stopped. I completed the program and transferred to new job that required an AVP signature but it happened. I am over 40, do not live in Dallas or Atl. Invest in yourself, especially if they reimburse you for it.