Work experience is more valuable than Masters right after school! How many times more should I say this? Rarely will an employer pick a 2nd degree over quality experience. Except you want an academic career, relevant experience is more valuable in the medium term #TuesdayThoughts
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Forget what your lecturers told you, most of them have never spent a day outside the walls of a classroom. While you can get a 2nd degree anytime, you can never make up the years you've lost in experience. Ceteris paribus, Zero experience will never rival 2yrs exp. Even with MBA.
Moreso, you most likely aren't yet sure what career you really want to pursue at that point, and how or what Masters degree will best enhance that career. So while your mates have joined various firms gathering experience, you are back 1-2yrs later, applying as entry level staff.
Whilst its reasonable to pursue a 2nd degree if getting a job is getting longer than planned, to avoid a vacuum on your CV, it's not to be equated with experience or assumed that it'll make you better qualified. For questions on not getting a job for years?Thread for another day.
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