As a developer I feel my career advancement stagnating in its current trajectory.

This feels silly to ask, but is there merit to obtaining a masters degree as a software/design engineer to get to staff level one day?

My gut says experience and street cred matter way more but I'm curious what others think of the ROI.

father, husband, css golfer, ux engineer, silently defining variables as /sdv sdv.wtf

As a dropout and quite a successful one , I don’t think you need it depending on situation. Do you work for a company or yourself ? Will you want to do either or in the future ? I think it could help but it’s not necessary imo

Founder of /buildingbears and /insider-trading , moderator of /success and /collectorscanyon

I’ve worked as a freelancer, at handful of startups, and now big tech.

As for the future, probably a midsize company is the sweet spot between stability and room to grow for me!