[greenie_beans]

This is cool. But very conflicting for me personally. Here I am, deciding whether to apply to the Mississippi Teacher's Corp, which would give me a free Master's degree while getting paid to teach. Probably like $35k per year. And then here is this program, which is very tempting to apply to, partly because of the salary. It should be the other way around. Teaching is so much more valuable than coding.

[i_haz_rabies]

As a somewhat weak rule, compensation seems to be inversely proportional to social value.

[WrtCdEvrydy]

Not to shill a book, but Bullshit Jobs goes into this... those 'jobs like teaching are FUN' therefore they don't get paid as much.

[greenie_beans]

:(

[rchaud]

I don't know about the pay differentials between Toronto and Mississippi, but I'm very sure that the cost of living is a lot lower in the latter. Developer salaries in the Toronto area are also lower than the US-centric numbers you see bandied about on HN.

[reuseman]

Wait is this for Master's degree too?

[greenie_beans]

Master of Arts in Teaching. https://www.mtc.olemiss.edu/about-us

[greenie_beans]

Oh. No. The DevDegree looks like a bachelor's degree