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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:19:48 PM EDT
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Go for a PHD instead.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:21:51 PM EDT
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safety
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:22:07 PM EDT
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MBA would serve you well in a plethora of fields.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:24:07 PM EDT
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Quoted: I'm thinking of going back to college online for a masters since a lot will paid for by my employer. I currently have AS - IT BS - IT BS - Double major Psychology & Counseling I work for a .gov faculty doing IT mixed in with some analyst work however I'm planning to get out of IT at some point and do something else at least after I retire if nothing else, I'm burnt out on IT. I also teach a couple of college courses at a community college and enjoy it. I was going to go for a MBA however I'm having doubts and thinking about a MS in adult education. Any suggestions or other ideas? B.A. in English?
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:24:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:25:18 PM EDT
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I'm thinking of going back to college online for a masters since a lot will paid for by my employer. I currently have AS - IT BS - IT BS - Double major Psychology & Counseling I work for a .gov faculty doing IT mixed in with some analyst work however I'm planning to get out of IT at some point and do something else at least after I retire if nothing else, I'm burnt out on IT. I also teach a couple of college courses at a community college and enjoy it. I was going to go for a MBA however I'm having doubts and thinking about a MS in adult education. Any suggestions or other ideas? B.A. in English? Fireball whiskey is saying fuck you grammar nazis  , thanks for the derail 
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:25:50 PM EDT
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Whatever you do, don't do education or public administration.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:25:52 PM EDT
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Psych is a waste of time without a PhD and even then it's a waste of time
MBA or PhD in Math |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:26:41 PM EDT
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Psych is a waste of time without a PhD and even then it's a waste of time MBA or PhD in Math It was paid for and just for fun, I already had the IT degrees for the bills 
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:27:47 PM EDT
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How strong are you with statistics? You have an IT background, coupled with an MS in statistics and big data methods and applications you learn from places like LearningTree you could pass yourself off as a data scientist working with big data. That's an interesting lucrative field.
I work with data, I think I am going to get a master's in public health, since I work in that field now.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:28:02 PM EDT
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Backed with experience and a strong background in accounting/business management they are a heavy plus.
I'm amazed by the number of MBA's we've been seeing during the recruiting process. A lot of them are from online schools like Phoenix, etc. We have a sales type with a University of Phoenix MBA and the amount of knowledge he utterly seems to lack about the inner workings of business processes, management, finance, and planning are astonishing. I'm not sure what exactly they taught..... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:28:07 PM EDT
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MBA would serve you well in a plethora of fields. It's also a dime-a-dozen. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:28:46 PM EDT
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How strong are you with statistics? You have an IT background, coupled with an MS in statistics and big data methods and applications you learn from places like LearningTree you could pass yourself off as a data scientist working with big data. That's an interesting lucrative field. I actually enjoyed my stats class but not well enough to take another one. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:29:57 PM EDT
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Backed with experience and a strong background in accounting/business management they are a heavy plus. I'm amazed by the number of MBA's we've been seeing during the recruiting process. A lot of them are from online schools like Phoenix, etc. We have a sales type with a University of Phoenix MBA and the amount of knowledge he utterly seems to lack about the inner workings of business processes, management, finance, and planning are astonishing. I'm not sure what exactly they taught..... Quote HistoryQuoted:
Backed with experience and a strong background in accounting/business management they are a heavy plus. I'm amazed by the number of MBA's we've been seeing during the recruiting process. A lot of them are from online schools like Phoenix, etc. We have a sales type with a University of Phoenix MBA and the amount of knowledge he utterly seems to lack about the inner workings of business processes, management, finance, and planning are astonishing. I'm not sure what exactly they taught..... Quoted:
MBA would serve you well in a plethora of fields. It won't be from a paper mill
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:30:28 PM EDT
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It's also a dime-a-dozen. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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MBA would serve you well in a plethora of fields. It's also a dime-a-dozen. That's what I'm seeing in this area. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:30:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I actually enjoyed my stats class but not well enough to take another one. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How strong are you with statistics? You have an IT background, coupled with an MS in statistics and big data methods and applications you learn from places like LearningTree you could pass yourself off as a data scientist working with big data. That's an interesting lucrative field. I actually enjoyed my stats class but not well enough to take another one. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:32:58 PM EDT
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MBA would serve you well in a plethora of fields. Starbucks barista. Go supply chain management and get hired. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:33:53 PM EDT
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If you aren't getting a MBA from a top 10 school, don't bother with a MBA. Go the Master's route.
However, not knowing what you want to do...ehh...I would hold off until you figure it out. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:40:08 PM EDT
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If you want to teach in a community college, around here they usually require a master's in the field you teach.
If you like teaching IT get an MA in it. It will probably be easy for you and with your experience you would be a strong candidate for an instructor position.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:43:51 PM EDT
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Underwater basket weaving
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:49:31 PM EDT
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Don't go into Education. I did that for a while and almost starved to death.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 5:50:38 PM EDT
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Underwater basket weaving Does it pay well
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Posted: 12/14/2013 6:22:21 PM EDT
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I looked into an MBA but because my undergrad is not in business, i would have had to take a years worth of classes to fulfill the prereqs for the MBA, which was not happening. I assume you would have to do something similar unless you took nothing but business electives.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:21:33 PM EDT
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I looked into an MBA but because my undergrad is not in business, i would have had to take a years worth of classes to fulfill the prereqs for the MBA, which was not happening. I assume you would have to do something similar unless you took nothing but business electives. Prereqs are met, my IT degree had a lot of buisness\managment credits. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:22:39 PM EDT
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If you want to teach in a community college, around here they usually require a master's in the field you teach. If you like teaching IT get an MA in it. It will probably be easy for you and with your experience you would be a strong candidate for an instructor position. Great suggestion but I'm honestly just tired of IT altogether. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:23:33 PM EDT
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Don't get a Master's in Psychology. Ask me how I know.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:24:16 PM EDT
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Has anyone had experience with graduate certificates?
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:27:30 PM EDT
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Don't get a Master's in Psychology. Ask me how I know. Not a chance of it, my psych degree was purely for enjoyment 
Thanks for the tip though 
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:31:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't get a Master's in Psychology. Ask me how I know. She worked a shit job related to her psychology degree during her BA/Masters work and it was PACKED with people making $10-14 and hour with double Masters/BA's in psychology. Essentially her clients either wanted to rape her (Male houses) or you can deal with women who smear feces on their vagina's and prostitute themselves for packs of cigarettes (female houses). You can manage that shitshow for an AMAZING sum of $14 and hour. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:32:31 PM EDT
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Which state do you reside in?
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:54:08 PM EDT
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I have a certificate program for. Strategic Marketing. Mine is (was) valuable because it was from a respected school (Weatherhead School, CWRU) and focused on industrial marketing. It served me well, and my clients benefitted as well. Pick a school known within the field, and keep the field bloody narrow. They'll find you.
Avoid on-line paper mills, unless you want to work in some level of gov't. There, the person hiring and the person you will report to will have paper from the same mill and at least as dumb as you are. God, I love this country! From poolside at my Florida "Bat Cave," I am now Orthodox Retired. Can I get an "Amen," and another Irish whiskey, please. Good luck guys,work hard...my grandson is gonna need your tax dollars. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 7:57:57 PM EDT
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Well, that's a good start then.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:00:22 PM EDT
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currently in school for a MS in applied geography. there is a ton of opportunity in this field, depending on what you want to do.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:02:29 PM EDT
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Which state do you reside in? Go big blue
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:04:26 PM EDT
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Get a masters in bating
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:07:53 PM EDT
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Underwater basket weaving Does it pay well Everyone needs weaved baskets
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:13:02 PM EDT
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Which state do you reside in? Go big blue Seriously? I must have pretty good instinct? KCTCS? I'm a student majoring in networking. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:14:26 PM EDT
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This?
Operations Management |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:17:32 PM EDT
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Backed with experience and a strong background in accounting/business management they are a heavy plus. I'm amazed by the number of MBA's we've been seeing during the recruiting process. A lot of them are from online schools like Phoenix, etc. We have a sales type with a University of Phoenix MBA and the amount of knowledge he utterly seems to lack about the inner workings of business processes, management, finance, and planning are astonishing. I'm not sure what exactly they taught..... Quote HistoryQuoted:
Backed with experience and a strong background in accounting/business management they are a heavy plus. I'm amazed by the number of MBA's we've been seeing during the recruiting process. A lot of them are from online schools like Phoenix, etc. We have a sales type with a University of Phoenix MBA and the amount of knowledge he utterly seems to lack about the inner workings of business processes, management, finance, and planning are astonishing. I'm not sure what exactly they taught..... Quoted:
MBA would serve you well in a plethora of fields. Are they young? As in, from college right into mba? I think it takes some real world hands on experience plus an mba to be successful. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:18:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: safety If you need a start, M.S. in Industrial Hygiene from Montana Tech might be a good starting point.
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:26:45 PM EDT
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What would you like to do?
What field or sort of job would you like?
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:29:32 PM EDT
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Seriously? I must have pretty good instinct? KCTCS? I'm a student majoring in networking. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Which state do you reside in? Go big blue Seriously? I must have pretty good instinct? KCTCS? I'm a student majoring in networking. Yes Seems like it Yes Cool, I did the network admin option MCSA way back when. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:31:15 PM EDT
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What would you like to do?What field or sort of job would you like? Wish I knew this, it would make things easier
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:32:56 PM EDT
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Don't get a Master's in Psychology. Ask me how I know. OK, how do you know? |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:33:31 PM EDT
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Psych is a waste of time without a PhD and even then it's a waste of time MBA or PhD in Math Bullshit. Mean salary in cognitive psychology in OH and VA is ~125,000 / yr. 
Therapists don't get paid shit unless they're serving the wealthy. Therapists working with clinical populations make next to nothing. However, a great deal of the training in aviation, DoD, transportation, etc. is handled by cognitive and human factors psychologists. There ARE legitimate areas of psychology, but they usually don't involve interacting with human beings as a therapist. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:34:52 PM EDT
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Wish I knew this, it would make things easier Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What would you like to do?What field or sort of job would you like? Wish I knew this, it would make things easier Are you into research or applied? |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:37:51 PM EDT
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Some colleges have vocational testing.
Stuff like what sorts of things do you like to do and which jobs have those sorts of skills and activities. It seems like it would be more satisfactory to figure out what you want to do and find a good suitable degree than to pick a degree that sounds interesting and after you earn it try to figure out what to do with it. My MA is in Industrial psychology, which sounded good when I started, and I ended up in market research. |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:38:18 PM EDT
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What would you like to do?What field or sort of job would you like? Wish I knew this, it would make things easier Are you into research or applied? Applied |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:41:12 PM EDT
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It's also a dime-a-dozen. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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MBA would serve you well in a plethora of fields. It's also a dime-a-dozen. From a brick and mortar school or online? |
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Posted: 12/14/2013 8:46:34 PM EDT
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Yes Seems like it Yes Cool, I did the network admin option MCSA way back when. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Which state do you reside in? Go big blue Seriously? I must have pretty good instinct? KCTCS? I'm a student majoring in networking. Yes Seems like it Yes Cool, I did the network admin option MCSA way back when. Check your IM in a second. |
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