Building a Plugin System for Rust: Native Libs vs. Scripting Language vs. WASM (kerkour.com)

For them, masters degree is just a piece of paper that will improve my social status. And it is like "mission completed" type for them. A milestone for Nepali parents. But their constraint is that it should be in Information Technology/Computer Science.

I hold a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering. I have noticed a need of masters degree if I want to pursue advanced topics in computer science like "computational geometry", "advanced cryptography", "algorithmic mathematics", "high performance computing", and so on.

Otherwise to work in private sector in Nepal, masters degree is just a waste of money and time. I might only need masters degree if I succeed in entering government jobs and that too after 5+ years of experience. Specially when I would be eligible for promotion.

(Education is cheap in Nepal compared to West. It costs 2000$ for masters degree in Tribhuvan University. It is still a lot of money for Nepalese families but my parents are obviously willing to sponsor it.)

For me, masters degree is a way to broaden my vision on computer science. I do not want to do a degree for the sake of it. I want to do it full-time with it being the only thing in my life. At least at this point of time.

Since I am preparing for government IT job full time, I do not want to add extra workload.

My initial motive was to do masters in foreign Nordic countries for example.

Honestly, my inner passion is to do a PhD from decent university of USA.

But I feel too old (27). Yes, 27 might not be old but it seems like I do not have time for processing my visa(might take over one year), etc. I do not know where will I be in Nepal after I return after the completion PhD. I do not plan to work as a professor anywhere because they are not well respected and not well paid. There will not be a set career for me at that time. I will probably be 35 at the completion of my PhD. I might well be overqualified for anything in Nepal except academia.

What about marriage? Due to biological constraints of women, it is recommended for men to marry before turning 31/30. So that age gap is minimal between man and woman. It does not look nice to have a huge age gap in 21st century.

Comments (1)

wryoak · 2h ago

That’s a lot more topics than your title indicated. I guess in reverse order: to hell with age gap critics; you never mentioned wanting kids so idk why you’re worried about the when; if you don’t have a partner in mind then why bother thinking about marriage; if you know what your dreams are for future education then pursue those dreams, not the ones your parents outlined for you, and remember that trying to imagine the practicality of your possible futures is a dream-killing trap. If you want to kill a dream, then by all means do it, but be honest with yourself about what you are doing.

If it’s any consolation, I’m 36, researching masters programs and my partner just started taking prenatal vitamins in preparation for trying to have kids. You’re worrying about fitting in all the things people nine years your senior still think are realistic to accomplish in their own time.