Just feeling generally disheartened about the #slowtrack the careers been on. Strongly considering Grad School. I'm currently more or less debt free which has been the one thing really holding me back. Hoping for advice, worth it? Good schools? Etc.

Thanks.

You will make more money

My degrees are essentially useless unless I go to Law School or teach. Double major is History and Political Science. I work in IT currently sitting at a desk playing with Excel and Microsoft Access Databases all day, it's kind of awful, pays terribly and the company is going bankrupt.

Not necessarily true.

My degrees are essentially useless unless I go to Law School or teach. Double major is History and Political Science. I work in IT currently sitting at a desk playing with Excel and Microsoft Access Databases all day, it's kind of awful, pays terribly and the company is going bankrupt.

Not necessarily true.

Yes it is, it is an absolute truth, 100% guaranteed.

Alright, a dig at Obama, har har. Any credible suggestions, NSD is looking for legit help.

It's not a dig at Obama, but for the most part you will get a better job. You will get more interviews.

Are you interested at all in information technology?

Depends on whether you're mobile and go do this fulltime. I'm biased but a two of my college roommates wanted to stick around IU and enrolled in Master of Science in Information Systems. The program is offered through IU's Kelley School of Business (has a great rep and still rising). Your familiarity with Access and Excel should work well with admissions process. Both got full-time consulting gigs.

What's the downside to grad school?

Poor ROI. A person incurs ten-of-thousands in debt without an improvement in job prospects.

For example, how does a graduate degree in Russian literatue improve your marketability?

Or more realistically, the glut of lawyers entering the job market. Many people went to law school to "wait out" the recession leading to an oversupply of lawyers. Now many people can't find high-paying law jobs to service their debt.

It's not a dig at Obama, but for the most part you will get a better job. You will get more interviews.

Well I assumed we were talking a valuable degree. Just wondering what the cost and loan stuff is like. Is it a good investment?

Frank going to enlighten us with your views?

I don't know what Dan should do. So rather than say something stupid and not necessarily true like you did, I won't say anything at all except good luck to Mr Dan.

What was your initial goal out of school?

Or more realistically, the glut of lawyers entering the job market. Many people went to law school to "wait out" the recession leading to an oversupply of lawyers. Now many people can't find high-paying law jobs to service their debt.

Are you interested at all in information technology?

I can be. I'm good at it and relatively enjoy new challenges and projects when I actually put my process analyst hat on here. I just go stir crazy sitting at a desk and meetings all day. Love my serving side job 10X more than here.

So, getting more interviews is stupid? being exposed to more job possibilities is a 'Stupid thing"