SeanZZ

Thank you for your information! I consider Ontario to be better than Alberta, because the job market is larger, and more diverse. Do you agree? I'm afraid that if I go to Alberta, it is less likely I find a computer science job, compared with going to Queen's. At the same time, I think Alberta has a very good computer science program. Queen's computer science is not so well known though. So it is very hard for me to decide which school to go to.

I'm deciding between Univerisity of Alberta & Queen's University, both are thesis based master program. And I want to get a job after the master degree. Alberta: 1. in general it is a better school for CS. 2. There are not too many good schools in Alberta, so a degree in Alberta is very attractive in its local area. Queen's: 1. better location, I guess, because it is closer to US, also because Alberta is based on oil industry, so the market there is very unstable and risky 2. I don't need to become a TA, which means I can do my own thesis research from the beginning. While in Alberta, thesis advisor is decided by the end of the first year, so I guess research starts after the first year. I havn't deviced which professor to work with in Alberta. And I don't know which professor is interested in working with me there also.

I don't have tons of experience in CS. But I programmed before with Java and Python. I'm planning to study CS master degree (thesis based in Canada). Is it very likely to get a job after that? Or it is not true because the thesis based master program doesn't offer too much experience in programming by itself. So in this case, I really have to program by myself a lot, in order to get a CS job after master's degree?

I'm deciding if I should go to Canada to study finance phd, from China. I assume the future of finance phd is mainly in academia. But without a Canadian permanent residency, I've heard it is very hard to get hired as an assistant professor. I've searched on indeed.ca, it seems in Canada they prefer to hire assistant professor with permanent residency. Can someone who is experienced about it give me some advice?