What's the balance between CS Majors/Devs and non-CS majors coming into the program?
So I've been lurking here for awhile trying to get a sense of what the program is calibrated at, and it feels like a ton of the posts I see are from people who don't have a traditional CS background. Folks who have some coding experience, but came into the field through non-traditional paths. Lurking in the subreddit, it makes it seem like those types of students are the majority.
Is that just an artifact of non-CS people being more likely to post in the subreddit asking questions about the program, or just more likely to mention their lack of a CS background while the CS majors assume that's the default?
I ask because I do have a CS background - did my undergrad in it, worked as a developer for many years, and now I teach at a tech school (DSA, linux system administration, software development). I'm wanting to do a Masters at some point to get to a point where I feel I can fill the shoes of some of my soon to retire colleagues who have their Masters degrees. My school isn't a research school, so I don't feel the need to do a traditional thesis based Masters and thus am looking at OMSCS. I just want to solidify my credentials for teaching undergrads.
I think in the end I'm trying to calibrate whether this program content, and its outside reputation, fills that niche or if it is seen more as a degree where non-CS people can get their first formal CS credential onto their resume?