On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Derek Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Jesse Stay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > Actually yes, I would like to become a professor. I understand that > graduate school is not a good idea for normal industry work, so it's not for > that. I want to do research (in academia or industry) because I feel that > that would be a very rewarding and satisfying career, so grad school is the > way there. Thanks for the warning though, it would stink to get through > years of grad school, and find out that it was time and money poorly spent.
Becoming a Professor is a good reason to get a grad degree then. Without having done my research, but having lived in Virginia, I would generally think UVa would be better for a PhD than VA Tech. I would check with your advisor though and look at the stats for both. My Uncle is an MIS Professor at Old Dominion in Norfolk - I'd be happy to introduce him to you so you can get his opinion. 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. */
