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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you had to go back in time or ancedotes from people you know

For context, my DD is graduating this year with a corporate communications Bachelor of Arts degree. If she wants to pivot into leadership roles in corporate or be in investor relations, would this be a good idea to do after around 5 years of post-grad work experience.

She is interested in investor relations as well but is lacking the financial and analytical background required for these roles (many want bachelors in finance or accounting and 2-3 years of work experience in IB/consulting/private equity etc[/quote]

An advanced degree never hurts.

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It does if you pay $150k for it and don’t see a commensurate career benefit. These degrees are just money grabs from greedy universities.

Lot of companies won’t pay for an MBA any more, or only pay a small amount.

Bang for the buck is rarely there.[/quote]

DCUM is filled with people that have a knee jerk that grad school is always good…yet financially it’s actually a bad move for most.

Even a large %age of T14 law grads don’t make it into BigLaw and financially it was a mistake (for the many kids that take out big loans).

Nearly everyone that actually pays for a PhD will never make that investment pay off.  It’s nearly always a bad financial move.

There is a reason certain programs are free and many are not.
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Let me guess: [b]you[/b] went to grad school,  right?[/quote]

No.  No reason.  Started in banking and stayed in banking as promoted through the ranks.[/quote]

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