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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm maybe the only person in DC who thinks grad degrees over overrated --and nog necessary for many jobs.  Lawyer, doctor, technical specialist, teacher sure. But I know dozens of people with completely useless masters and loads of debt.  Masters in museum administration to make $35k -- no; tons of international relations degrees (not working in IR); 3rd tier MBAs etc; and lots of Masters in Communications that get you nowhere fast-- even from decent schools.

Try to switch BEFORE thinking of going back to school.  Take this from someone who has a useless Masters in English that I thought was a great idea at age 24 -- you know what employers don't care about? My ability to wax poetically about 19th century American Literature.  I took it off my resume and rose up much faster. My salary is still a "pittance" on the DCUM blogosphere at $120k at 33 - but I'm doing leaps and bounds better than my grad school classmates.

Best of luck!! Just think out of the box and you will be ok.[/quote]

Well it's damned if you do, damned if you don't - tons of ma ir degrees, sure - but if you do look at people who are working in IR, they do have them (not all, but a lot).

So what you are saying is just give up on a sector and not try?

I don't get why you had to take off your grad degree from your resume? Why would that be relevant to getting a job?[/quote]

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