[nvarsj]

Really? Pretty much all feedback for OMSCS has been very positive. It sounds like you're bitter about something, or had a particularly bad experience. Can you provide more details about classes you thought were poor and what was poor about them?

[throwawayGT]

I am bitter about having spent time, money and emotional energy on something that I felt I got no value out of, and I want to warn people thinking about doing the same.

[nvarsj]

Fair enough. I think your complaints though can apply to most degrees attained at big research universities. Certainly my own at a top undergrad C.S. had its share of terrible teachers and classes - it's a problem across the board, not just at gatech. And by all accounts, as OMSCS is focused on the classes and not research, much of this has improved (with some outliers like the CS6505 algo class, and some others).

My own experience was doing about half of an M.S. about a decade ago before dropping out to go right into work, due to money constraints. I don't regret taking those classes at all though - I learned a lot because I put a lot into it, and it's knowledge I've used throughout my career. I find it hard to believe doing an M.S. at gatech would have no value at all - I guess it depends what you plan on doing and how you will use it.