OT: Postgraduate studies

[sammy ominsky]

On 28/07/2011, at 07:25, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote:

> Studying while working is a bad idea usually (if you can afford not to). The
> context switches are a waste of time. A big one. The exception is that a
> student with no experience has a hard time finding a job. But since you have
> already worked, and you are professionally mature, this does not matter to
> you. In addition, it is usually frowned upon by both employers and academy.


I strenuously disagree.  Both my wife and I, and my brother's girlfriend, have gotten post-grad degrees in our 30's and 40's.  In both of the ladies' cases, though not mine, it meant more money for the same position, just by virtue of the fact that they now have a new set of initials to their name.

In my case, a coworker and I discussed which of us would go back to school first so the other could pick up the slack caused by the context switches.  It can be done if you find a way.

My wife had permission from her management to work on schoolwork during slack work hours because it was well understood that my wife had enrolled in school for her own performance improvement, and would bring that to work with her every day thereafter.  It's a long-term career sort of place, so nobody's afraid she'll jump ship at a better offer.

sambo