Comments on: Grad School or no Grad School? ; Thats the Dilema… http://youngandemployed.com/2009/08/17/grad-school-or-no-grad-school-thats-the-dilema/ Perspectives on business from young marketing and public relations professionals Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:33:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jess http://youngandemployed.com/2009/08/17/grad-school-or-no-grad-school-thats-the-dilema/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Jess Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:00:26 +0000 http://youngandemployed.com/?p=116#comment-103 Frank, I started grad school and quit a about half way through. Yes, having the prestige that comes with a grad degree would be nice, but I left becuase I didn't feel I was learning anything. I learned more from working and making mistakes, and from reading professional blogs and books - then applying those ideas to real life situations. I know that in my field (communications) a grad degree isn't going to add to my salary - so why bother. I know people who have no work expereince but have a grad degree, and you know what, I make more then them. Some of these people don't even have a job because employeers value experience over education. that being said, if you can manage to work full time and go to grad school at night, in that case it might be worth it. That way you are getting both the experience and the education. But if you have to choose one over the other, go with the expereince - )that is education in and of itself!) and then try to learn all you can from you job and on your own. Frank, I started grad school and quit a about half way through. Yes, having the prestige that comes with a grad degree would be nice, but I left becuase I didn’t feel I was learning anything. I learned more from working and making mistakes, and from reading professional blogs and books – then applying those ideas to real life situations. I know that in my field (communications) a grad degree isn’t going to add to my salary – so why bother. I know people who have no work expereince but have a grad degree, and you know what, I make more then them. Some of these people don’t even have a job because employeers value experience over education. that being said, if you can manage to work full time and go to grad school at night, in that case it might be worth it. That way you are getting both the experience and the education. But if you have to choose one over the other, go with the expereince – )that is education in and of itself!) and then try to learn all you can from you job and on your own.

]]> By: Jose http://youngandemployed.com/2009/08/17/grad-school-or-no-grad-school-thats-the-dilema/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Jose Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:50:05 +0000 http://youngandemployed.com/?p=116#comment-102 Some opinions on the same topic: 1) Be free! As you suggest on your article, study because you really want to do it and because you enjoy it. Do not do it because of financial gain: the moment you go to school you have just had a financial loss (tuition), and you never know if you will recoup that over your life (in comparison to the alternative career without the degree and sans the years without salary). However, if you did it because you enjoy studying, enjoy reading, enjoy lectures, etc... then the worst that could happen is that you went on a very expensive but fun couple of years. 2) MBAs are good if you are already a manager (as in: with 5 employees) and you want to jump into the Vice President or Executive Vice President roles. Getting an MBA will not make you a manager automatically. I still don't know what does... but it is not the degree. 3) Go to the best schools... or just go to the school of life. I do not believe in half measures. Same thing for education. I have learned that a degree from a challenging and/or recognized institution opens a lot more doors than just a degree. It may be more worthy to learn new skills on your own than to pay for a less than stellar education. Some opinions on the same topic:
1) Be free! As you suggest on your article, study because you really want to do it and because you enjoy it. Do not do it because of financial gain: the moment you go to school you have just had a financial loss (tuition), and you never know if you will recoup that over your life (in comparison to the alternative career without the degree and sans the years without salary). However, if you did it because you enjoy studying, enjoy reading, enjoy lectures, etc… then the worst that could happen is that you went on a very expensive but fun couple of years.
2) MBAs are good if you are already a manager (as in: with 5 employees) and you want to jump into the Vice President or Executive Vice President roles. Getting an MBA will not make you a manager automatically. I still don’t know what does… but it is not the degree.

3) Go to the best schools… or just go to the school of life. I do not believe in half measures. Same thing for education. I have learned that a degree from a challenging and/or recognized institution opens a lot more doors than just a degree. It may be more worthy to learn new skills on your own than to pay for a less than stellar education.

]]> By: KES http://youngandemployed.com/2009/08/17/grad-school-or-no-grad-school-thats-the-dilema/comment-page-1/#comment-101 KES Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:28:51 +0000 http://youngandemployed.com/?p=116#comment-101 Good advice, from someone who knows to someone who's been trying to decide on the grad school idea!!! Good advice, from someone who knows to someone who’s been trying to decide on the grad school idea!!!

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