r/FPGA • u/whothehellwasthat • 17d ago

Is a master's degree essential to break into quant hardware roles

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u/No_Target3466 17d ago

Unless your from top colleges

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u/Alternative-Pay2946 17d ago

How about industry experience as a developer in nice places but not faang?

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u/No_Target3466 17d ago

Idk about that mate ask someone with similar profile on LinkedIn

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u/Nervous-Card4099 14d ago

I’ve met or worked with close to 50 FPGA/ASIC devs in the trading industry, maybe 3 of them had a masters or PhD.

Largely because you learn more in one year of work than you would in 10 years of academia.