Online Doctorate in AI & ML

As I noted earlier in the thread, the outfit conducting these programs is in California.

What is not clear is whether this bunch is an organic part of GWU or a subcontractor. It may not make a material difference--I'm sure you'll get your education and your GWU degree, but still, it would be nice to know.

 

Good questions. I am going to shoot an email to them and ask some questions before completing the decision form. I have until July 18th to accept or deny the offer.

 

Same here! I chose DBA at ESGCI, a research program focusing on digital business and marketing utilizing artificial intelligence. It is only $8,500.00 that I can afford out of my pocket instead of $85,000.00 at GWU.

 

Just an update:

I am going to see if the program will accept a deferral and if not, I will be declining the offer. Last Monday, we had a 6 week old baby placed in our home from the local DHS/CPS office. Any aspirations of pursuing a doctorate will be placed on hold or let go of forever.

I do appreciate everyone here on DI!

 

You don't have to give up on earning a doctorate. Even 20 years down the road, you can decide to go back to school to pursue your doctorate if that's your ambition.

 

I started my doctorate at 26. I earned it at 42. So....yeah.

 

I started at 26, and now I still don't have one. Hopefully when I am 42 in 2 years.

 

I started at 24. Withdrew to pursue a second master's. PhinisheD at 29.

 

Josh, what you are doing here, for a 'little somebody' who needs loving care, shows what great people you and your wife are. I'm sure, if you want one, you'll earn a fabulous doctorate, somewhere down the line -- but this, what you're doing right now, earns you more acclaim, in my eyes, than any academic degree. This is beyond a Ph.D. It's brilliant beyond words.

I hope someday you can teach an advanced course in decision-making. You always seem to make the right ones.

 

Yup, I agree...family first, you can always study for your Doctorate; however, your kids are only once. That was why I dropped out of my Ph.D. at Nova Southeastern University to focus on my kids as a full-time single dad after the divorce, even though I was about to step into the research courses.

 

Maybe it is time to go back to the program?
The $900,000 AI Job Is Here
Salaries rise as employers such as Netflix and Walmart seek candidates with artificial-intelligence skills
URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-900-000-ai-job-is-here-230fc3cb

 

I suspect that candidates snagging $900,000 job offers are coming out of highly ranked, brick-and-mortar PhD programs like those offered by Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon and MIT which is where the current crop of highly paid AI specialists at companies like Google came from.

 

It is all about lucks and who you know.

 

That is total compensation, not straight salary. $300k to $900k is the range. I'm sure only highly experienced individuals are hitting $900k.

 

Interestingly enough, I had a professor from Duke Fuqua who went to Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business to teach. He reached out to me this past week asking if he could use me as a reference for a promotion at the school. I was honored.

 

While I’d love to, my focus is on my wife, kids, and our foster baby. My wife and I are just getting started with DHS/CPS on the actual foster approval and we have had various meetings with DHS and a court date for September 7th. I made an attempt and it was obviously not meant to be.