To school or not to school. That is the question.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

http://lifehacker.com/five-questions-to-ask-before-you-quit-your-job-and-head-1713975816

[Gusington]

Why not do both?

[LongBlade]

Why not do both?

Good idea, Gus. Some corporations will pay for your schooling if you maintain a high grade point average.

[Gusington]

Yes-I got 40% of my Masters paid for by the company I worked for at the time. Additionally I got the degree at a state school while living in the state (Rutgers) and so in to total I think my expenses were around 3000.00 when all was said and done. Not bad!

[Airborne Rifles]

The army sent me away for two years to get my masters, all paid for. All I owe them is six more years of service. So basically they paid for my education and then guaranteed me job security afterwards.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

2 of my 3 post sec qualifications were 1/2 paid by employers. The main point of the article still stands, people have to have some goal in mind. Just adding letters behind your name is not going to get you where you want to go. Maybe the organization you want to be with makes more degrees an easy filter for candidates. Is that really cost effective? It wouldbe interesting to see a correlation table between success at tasks and degrees.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Of course the converse table would also be interesting. How many with advanced degrees are no good at their tasks? Even if it is 10% it shows the total expertise of the person is what matters not the degree. If the degree is casual it should not be possible to screw up when you have it. Clearly that is not the real world.

[LongBlade]

Of course the converse table would also be interesting. How many with advanced degrees are no good at their tasks? Even if it is 10% it shows the total expertise of the person is what matters not the degree. If the degree is casual it should not be possible to screw up when you have it. Clearly that is not the real world.

Having an academic degree is like earning a black belt in martial arts: it proves you have completed a curriculum of education. Perhaps with math and engineering (finance? accounting?) you can demonstrate practical proficiency, but it's mostly no guarantee of anything beyond surviving a system (though I'm sure exceptions abound).

[jejo68]

just a quick question. How big is evening schools in the US. Here you can basicly get a fair amount of bachelors and masters as nightschools. And most of the time the Company will pay for them.