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I know three people with Master's none of their careers flew off the charts after or since they got theirs. My wife included.

I always say experience trumps education.

I know three people with Master's none of their careers flew off the charts after or since they got theirs. My wife included.

I always say experience trumps education.

Gotta think long run.

Experience is definitely really important, but education can open some doors. And if you can bring experience and education to the table, bonus.

Gotta think long run.

Experience is definitely really important, but education can open some doors. And if you can bring experience and education to the table, bonus.

Hmmm maybe, but I have seen networking carry folks pretty damn far as well.

I think the black and white answer is education and hard work get you to the top but in reality that is far from the truth; so many other poltics involved.

I have a buddy in Marriott that is very far up same age as me. We started at the same time or close to it. Dude failed out of UMD has no degree but just straight busted his a$$ and if I guessed he is well over six figures.

My uncle was a VP with Gucci just had a HS degree. My cousin (his son) got kicked out of Penn State for selling drugs; he is now a big time player at Couch with their POS machines; making in the $200k range.

IF you got something like actually useable knowledge that you can apply to the real world form a Master's versus just another piece paper with your name then it is of value.

Just my 2 cents. If my wife's degree was not paid for by her company she too would agree it was a waste but she enjoyed the process of getting it.

I know three people with Master's none of their careers flew off the charts after or since they got theirs. My wife included.

I always say experience trumps education.

I think it depends on the situation. A colleague of mine, who has similar experience as I do, just got a position that I wasnt qualified for because it required a PhD. And lets just say she got a huge raise when she got that position.

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I think it depends on the situation. A colleague of mine, who has similar experience as I do, just got a position that I wasnt qualified for because it required a PhD. And lets just say she got a huge raise when she got that position.

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Well that is a PhD a bit more rare then a Masters now a days. Shoot a BS is almost a High School diploma by today's standards.

I think everyone has diffrent life experiences that either persuade them to belive gradute studies is the correct track to take or not.

I know three people with Master's none of their careers flew off the charts after or since they got theirs. My wife included.

I always say experience trumps education.

I find this is largely true. The down economy caused a lot of people to go back for their masters just because of lack of job opportunities. So many people have a masters these days that it gets hard to differentiate one MBA from another.

Experience and skill set. More skill set, at least in my line of work.

Of course, I'm going to look at MBAs before I'll look at non-MBAs. But if I see someone with a good quantitative/analytical skill set, I'll be quite interested in hiring that person regardless of whether they have an MBA or not.

But, the degree still does open doors. It gets you interviewed, and then if you interview well, you can get the opportunity. But once you're in, it's still a matter of what you can do, the degree stops meaning something. Getting promoted takes the ability to juggle a lot of tasks and do them all correctly and quickly, and at the same time effectively communicate with superiors and colleagues. That combination of abilities usually comes from a God-given skill set, it can't be learned in classes, you're born with it and then you hone it over time.

As with anything, individual results may vary. But I'll take my chances with more education than less.

I know in my case it helped me get promoted.

As with anything, individual results may vary. But I'll take my chances with more education than less.

I know in my case it helped me get promoted.

I think you are selling yourself short if you think just your degree got you a promotion

I think you are selling yourself short if you think just your degree got you a promotion

Well, I said it helped.

I think it opened a door that probably wouldn't have been there, let's just say that.

It would be impossible for me to hold my current job without a graduate degree. Sometimes education is the only way.