On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Derek Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping that as a bunch of students/ex students/future > students/never-want-to-be-students, your collective wisdom may help me with > a difficult decision.
Not to spoil your decision, but what is your reasoning for graduate school? Do you want to become a Professor? It would seem to me that at least for a developer or even sysadmin, that using those 2-4 years in gaining experience and learning within your field could be more productive and have more fruitful results. Perhaps it's just me, but I don't know many employers, at least in the IT industry, that look at graduate school on your resume. Most of us are interested in code samples, work performed (and accomplishments), and references. Here's a great article by Seth Godin on Resumes that I think can also apply to Graduate School: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/03/why-bother-havi.html Right now we're in a boom with the Social Media/Networking wave. There are plenty of jobs out there and plenty of opportunities to grow that will give you way more than graduate school would. Many businesses would even be willing to train you. Of course, that's my small business mentality speaking - if you're going to a cog in a "big machine" (as Seth calls it), graduate school may be a good choice. Just my $.02 (even though you didn't ask for it)... Jesse :-) -- Jesse Stay The Social Media Guru Founder: SocialOptimize.com Author: O'Reilly's FBML Essentials http://www.amazon.com/FBML-Essentials-Jesse-Stay/dp/0596519184/ Co-Author: I'm on Facebook -- Now What??? http://FacebookAdvice.com Blogger: http://www.jessestay.com http://www.socialoptimize.com/blog http://www.opensocialnow.com Phone: (801) 853-8339 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
