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234 points kerim-ca | 4 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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oaxacaoaxaca ◴[06 Dec 25 21:55 UTC] No.46176906[source]▶
I was in the very first cohort of this program. I loved it but had to drop for personal/family reasons after finishing three courses. Someday I'd love to jump back in! I highly recommend it to anyone who might be interested.
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cgearhart ◴[07 Dec 25 05:52 UTC] No.46179474[source]▶
I was also in the first cohort. Graduated in 2016. Transformed my career. 100% would recommend.
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oaxacaoaxaca ◴[07 Dec 25 08:33 UTC] No.46180147[source]▶
Oh boy, love to hear that. Would be willing to share how exactly it transformed your career?
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1. cgearhart ◴[07 Dec 25 21:00 UTC] No.46185123{3}[source]▶
I had been working in civil service for the US Navy for about 10 years in operations research & systems engineering. It was very hard to break out of that role to any private industry—especially for the ML roles I wanted, which I think was partially because my undergrad degree was MechEng.

OMSCS allowed me to add MSCS to my resume, with additional networking and work experience details as a TA for the algorithms and Computational Photography courses. Suddenly I started getting a lot more calls back. About 6 months after graduation I had moved to the SFBay (to work for Udacity) and within 2 years I was an ML engineer at Apple where I remain today. I don’t think any of that would’ve happened without OMSCS.

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2. oaxacaoaxaca ◴[07 Dec 25 21:20 UTC] No.46185272[source]▶
Whoa! Incredible! Talk about a OMSCS success story. Thank you for sharing – this is seriously going to serve as motivation fuel for me to get back into it.
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3. cgearhart ◴[07 Dec 25 21:24 UTC] No.46185296[source]▶
Best of luck! I hope it’s as amazing for you as it was for me.
4. rootsudo ◴[08 Dec 25 15:31 UTC] No.46193385[source]▶
Your story is an inspiration. Thank you for posting, I've applied for the next cohort in Autumn.