Quote: (03-04-2012 10:19 AM)ElJefe Wrote:
my grad degree - this will take 1½ years more as a full-time deal, including the real benefit of attending class and sparring with the professors. If I take the job, I will have to study on the side and I'd need 2½ years to do as well (probably). I will have to give up my South America project 2012-13, and ... Spanish ... or learning Portuguese ... .
It basically means I'd be stuck in this town 3 years more, but on the other side, I'd be vastly wealthier, and have my masters and no debt ... .
You have a bachelors and have been in grad school full-time for one semester? The Masters degree will take three more semesters full-time, or five more semesters part-time? The company will not pay tuition, but you will have salary?
Partly it's a lifestyle choice. How much of a salary increase will the Masters degree make? If it is large then you want to finish it as soon as possible. Conversely, how much career advantage does this job offer? Where will you be in five years if you take one path versus the other? Finally, consider taking the job, with the option to quit after one year and go back to school full-time.