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SirSeymour · 10-24-2004, 04:34 AM

I graduated and went into the work force. I had no desire for a Masters degree at the time. For the last 13 of the last 15 years, I have been lucky enough to work for people who did not care what my educational background was and only valued me on my work. The last two years have been different though as the company I work for replaced the VP of my division and he values paper very highly. I have been demoted from my management position because I did not have the right degree and no weight was given to my experience at all. So I now find myself back in school working on my MBA so I can have the "right" paper.

I think a Masters is not bad idea but I think a couple of years of experience in the work place before getting it is a good idea. I am taking very different classes now than I would have taken before knowing the things I have learned in my 15 years in the work force. What I am learning in school now will have direct application to what I want to do and I am comfortable with my choices because I have the experience to know that what I want to do now is really what I want to do, not just an idea of it. Make sense?

What I hear these days from senior execs at my company is that a Masters without any experience is just a piece of paper. For a while the trend was to hire those with Masters for more money and larger positions right off. Not so sure that is as prevolent right now. I know a lot of morons with Masters degrees and they are still morons. I would go for the experience in the working world first.

10-24-2004, 04:34 AM	#44 (permalink)
SirSeymour Ambling Toward the Light Location: The Early 16th Century	I graduated and went into the work force. I had no desire for a Masters degree at the time. For the last 13 of the last 15 years, I have been lucky enough to work for people who did not care what my educational background was and only valued me on my work. The last two years have been different though as the company I work for replaced the VP of my division and he values paper very highly. I have been demoted from my management position because I did not have the right degree and no weight was given to my experience at all. So I now find myself back in school working on my MBA so I can have the "right" paper. I think a Masters is not bad idea but I think a couple of years of experience in the work place before getting it is a good idea. I am taking very different classes now than I would have taken before knowing the things I have learned in my 15 years in the work force. What I am learning in school now will have direct application to what I want to do and I am comfortable with my choices because I have the experience to know that what I want to do now is really what I want to do, not just an idea of it. Make sense? What I hear these days from senior execs at my company is that a Masters without any experience is just a piece of paper. For a while the trend was to hire those with Masters for more money and larger positions right off. Not so sure that is as prevolent right now. I know a lot of morons with Masters degrees and they are still morons. I would go for the experience in the working world first. __________________ SQL query SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 Zero rows returned.... Last edited by SirSeymour; 10-24-2004 at 04:36 AM..