Most useful Masters degree in Taiwan to get a job?

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What do you consider to be the most useful Masters degree in Taiwan to get a job?

  1. As a foreign looking native speaker of English
  2. As a Taiwanese looking native speaker of English aka ABC

Thoughts? :unamused:

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Because you gots to learn your ABCs.

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It depends on what job you want. If you want to teach English at a real school, an MA in English would be good. If you want to go into IT, an MA in computer science would be good. If you want to go into aeronautics, a PHD in physics would work. If you want to teach kindergarten and cram school and make a fair bit of cash, any graduate degree would be good (as long as you look like a whitey and speak Amerikan).

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Ivy league degrees are helpful, Taiwanese seem to worship them.

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Everybody does :frowning:

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PhD in anything is better than an MSc. Then you can put Dr. in front of your name and that means you are better too.

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Are Master degrees in Taiwan as useful as degrees from the US? Education is a lot cheaper in Taiwan but I donā€™t want to follow through with it if it wonā€™t help much when compared to a degree from the States. Basically, is it worth it to get the degree in Taiwan? Iā€™m talking about schools like NTU.

Also, does it really matter which university you studied in in the States? Of course, Ivy Leagues are the best but how important is it?

Iā€™ve heard that looking Caucasian can land you almost any job but that doesnā€™t apply to me. I look more like :bow: lol!

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Masters from outside Taiwan is always rated higher than inside Taiwan, except for Taiwan EMBA perhaps. Thatā€™s the way Taiwanese think, foreign is good. If you want a better job or better pay in Taiwan you need to show what skills you can bring from outside Taiwan.

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IMHO:

The value of Taiwan EMBA is in the guanxi, all the connections you make with top execs who are also attending class.

A degree from the States is always valued, even from the Technical Institute of Trascendental Bowling.

Even a bowling degree from an Ivy League University takes precedence over anything else, even a degree tailored especifically for the job position under consideration.

Passport overrides any degree considerations.

Local PhDs are a dime a dozenā€¦ especially guys trying to avoid their military duty.

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Any foreign university? :ponder:

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Iā€™m curious about peopleā€™s thoughts on this over 15 years laterā€¦

Back when I first went to Taiwan (not long after this post started, in fact), any degree from a prestigious American or European university could land you a good job in Taiwan, but I think things have changed a lot since then. I think now even a computer science masterā€™s wouldnā€™t be enough to make you stick out. Maybe a masterā€™s in AI? :thinking:

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Doesnā€™t everyone have a Masters these days? Apart from high earning skilled workers?

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youā€™ve reopened a thread that was 17 years old. did you follow this topic and get regular notifications about it?

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A TESOL degree from Tim Hortonā€™s Khaosan branch? Signed by the Chancellor Scipio Canadiacanus? Any validators who are fans of Robert Frostā€™s ā€œThe Road Less Travelledā€ who could validate it made the world of difference?

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Or cryptography or cyber security. Thereā€™s a huge deficit in the States and I figure here as well.

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Master of Arts majoring in danceā€¦ that way you can be a cheerleader or a twerk instructor.

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Learning psychology and sociology will help anyone navigate society, relations and ultimately work and finance far better than most others. Pair it with a technical degree if thatā€™s the goal. Will go very far understanding the human brain, and indeed animal brains in general.

If itā€™s just to put on a resume to get in the door, check the industry youā€™re interested in.

I wish engineers, biologists, teachers, coders, laywers etc all had a degree in psychology. It would make things so much easier and efficient. The art of cumminication and biological norms is seriously lacking innindustry to the point itā€™s insanely wasteful.

Maybe philosophy or something more fun. But something to tone down the autism and engage the fellow beings.

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:rofl:

If one is on the spectrum psychology will just be about the data and stats. With no soft skills developed.

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Fundamentals on evolution, brain development, social learning, fears, needs, safety, anger, cognition etc. not [just] stats, but useful tools to let a person form thoughts on why they might be thinking a certain way.

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Masters degree in Taiwan means nothing. Everyone have it anyway..and itā€™s mostly useful only to raise the minimum salary u can receive

Skills and experience is what they care about and also luck is a big factor actually