<p>"Agreed.But i think you still get an "architect" kind of job and i'm guessing a MSc/MEng would give you an edge."</p>
<p>Well, how many jobs do you know that explicitly state "architect" on the job description?</p>
<p>BTW, who's to stop you from becoming an "architect" from day 1? Does the manager decide who's an architect? Is it the most smartest guy in the group? Is it the guy that knows how to BS the most? What's the dividing line between "ARCHITECT" and "GRUNT PROGRAMMER"??? There are NOOOO boundaries whatsover...you can be the smartest guy, but if you're not the #1 talker at the table, you're not going to lead anything.</p>
<p>In software engineer, anybody can call themselves anything and it doesn't make a lick of difference...the pay is roughly the same no matter what.</p>