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<blockquote data-quote="SDarkRage" data-source="post: 3691293" data-attributes="member: 3492"><p>My wife is a Chiropractor with a Doctorate and also an MBA/BBA that she earned along the way. She runs her own business and is quite successful. She couldn’t do what she does without the Doctorate.</p><p></p><p>I work for the gooberment. Earned an Associates of Science in Computer Networking and Minored in Drafting before I was hired on by Tinker as a fuel control mechanic. My AS didn’t help me at all for that job so with some prodding by some influential people in my life I went back for a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering. Unfortunately I got fed up and switched over to a Bachelors in Business Admin, was only 12 hours shy. This didn’t help me at all at Tinker for several years. The Electrical Engineering portion did come in handy when we had a RIF (reduction in force) and they asked for volunteers to swap positions/organizations. They only had positions for sheet metal mechanics - meh, whatever I wanted out - but when the guy doing my interview saw my resume with the electrical engineering he called up his boss who called the electrical section chief who then drove over there and “hired” me because of it. So, that part worked out well. Became an aircraft electrician and did that for 6 years before I had the opportunity to become an Avionics technician (no degree needed). Did that for another 6 years before I took some initiative because we couldn’t get equipment and learned how to get it through contracting and in our hands. That initiative opened up a big door and they brought me into the administrative side of things and became the purchasing and budget analyst for my area with a 7 figure yearly budget I had to manage. My BBA came in handy for that part. Then my boss pressured me into getting my MBA. That MBA allowed me to take advantage of another job opportunity and was promoted into my current position as a program manager.</p><p></p><p>In summary, associates didn’t do crap for me. Bachelors was just a box checked, that did have some benefit when I applied what I learned in the administration of my programs that I was responsible for. My MBA was the easiest degree I’ve ever earned and honestly don’t think I learned anything that I didn’t already know. But, the commitment it takes to earn it means a lot in the admin side of our organization.</p><p></p><p>I could probably have made it to where I’m at eventually without the degrees, but there is no guarantee that’s true. A couple of my coworkers don’t have any degrees but know more than most of my other coworkers with degrees. But, if it hadn’t been for the boxes being checked by the degrees, my hard work and smarts might not have gotten me where I needed to go. Worth it? For me, definetly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SDarkRage, post: 3691293, member: 3492"] My wife is a Chiropractor with a Doctorate and also an MBA/BBA that she earned along the way. She runs her own business and is quite successful. She couldn’t do what she does without the Doctorate. I work for the gooberment. Earned an Associates of Science in Computer Networking and Minored in Drafting before I was hired on by Tinker as a fuel control mechanic. My AS didn’t help me at all for that job so with some prodding by some influential people in my life I went back for a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering. Unfortunately I got fed up and switched over to a Bachelors in Business Admin, was only 12 hours shy. This didn’t help me at all at Tinker for several years. The Electrical Engineering portion did come in handy when we had a RIF (reduction in force) and they asked for volunteers to swap positions/organizations. They only had positions for sheet metal mechanics - meh, whatever I wanted out - but when the guy doing my interview saw my resume with the electrical engineering he called up his boss who called the electrical section chief who then drove over there and “hired” me because of it. So, that part worked out well. Became an aircraft electrician and did that for 6 years before I had the opportunity to become an Avionics technician (no degree needed). Did that for another 6 years before I took some initiative because we couldn’t get equipment and learned how to get it through contracting and in our hands. That initiative opened up a big door and they brought me into the administrative side of things and became the purchasing and budget analyst for my area with a 7 figure yearly budget I had to manage. My BBA came in handy for that part. Then my boss pressured me into getting my MBA. That MBA allowed me to take advantage of another job opportunity and was promoted into my current position as a program manager. In summary, associates didn’t do crap for me. Bachelors was just a box checked, that did have some benefit when I applied what I learned in the administration of my programs that I was responsible for. My MBA was the easiest degree I’ve ever earned and honestly don’t think I learned anything that I didn’t already know. But, the commitment it takes to earn it means a lot in the admin side of our organization. I could probably have made it to where I’m at eventually without the degrees, but there is no guarantee that’s true. A couple of my coworkers don’t have any degrees but know more than most of my other coworkers with degrees. But, if it hadn’t been for the boxes being checked by the degrees, my hard work and smarts might not have gotten me where I needed to go. Worth it? For me, definetly. [/QUOTE]
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