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Re:Homeless Man Has Three Degrees and Can't Find a Job by dave_sullivan on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:01PM (#2881846)
Ok, fair enough, I'm talking about getting another degree often being a bad investment, you're talking about going to school simply to prevent or fill a gap in your resume.

If that's the goal, let's say you only go back to school for a year. What does grad school cost these days? 28k for public, 38k for private? So you're paying $30,000 for someone to essentially vouch that you're doing something with your days while looking for a job?

Seriously, I'm just not seeing where this makes practical financial sense?

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Re:Homeless Man Has Three Degrees and Can't Find a Job by burgerbrain on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:21PM (#2881896)
If you are in desperate need of a job, then don't go to grad school for a year to reset yourself, take a handful (at most) of classes at a community college. Paying a handful of thousand (at the most) so that you can find any work in particular is well worth it if that is what you need to do.
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