[cudgy]

MS/PHD to do what? Almost all of those jobs are just basic programming positions updating websites, writing crud apps, internal tools, devops, cloud deployment, and other run of the mill typical programming tasks.

We all know the reality of these jobs requires very little (if any) of a masters or PhD level education.

Furthermore, FAANG is laying people off not hiring.

[porridgeraisin]

MS is done mainly to get access to the US job market. Of course some of them do use it to get into more sophisticated work.

Also, they're hiring in some divisions, firing in many divisions.