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My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - passit1 - 04-12-2016
Now it's 31 in queue.
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My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - LaterBloomer - 04-13-2016
passit1 Wrote:BTW - Panera at The College of NJ, conveniently located half a mile from my house is a TOTally awesome place to camp out and work for 5 hours straight. Plugs for the computer, free wifi, unlimited coffee refills and you can order from the phone app and they deliver to your table. Ate breakfast and lunch there without breaking stride.
This brings to mind so many things. During the late 1800s and early 1900s in Vienna, coffee houses used to be the gathering places of intellectual and artistic types. (Didn't I read that J.K. Rowling did most of her writing in a coffee shop, too?) When I was a court clerk, I cannot recall the number of times that detectives took the stand and said how inmates confessed after being taken to a McDonalds for a Big Mac.
Maybe we should send all of the world's leaders to a coffee shop (or McDonalds) and see if they can solve the world's problems.
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - DBRENNAN118 - 04-13-2016
passit1 Wrote:Now it's 31 in queue.
Wait, based on your signature, you are already done (or almost done) with 9 MBA classes in 6 weeks??!! Am I reading this wrong?? How is this possible?
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - bjcheung77 - 04-13-2016
DBRENNAN118 Wrote:Wait, based on your signature, you are already done (or almost done) with 9 MBA classes in 6 weeks??!! Am I reading this wrong?? How is this possible?
That is the beauty of competency degrees, the cost and amount of time finishing a degree is cheaper and faster.
A member finished their MBA Finance at Patten for 2 grand, and in 3.5 months, I was so impressed.
Another member completed their WGU MBA in 3 months, that was about 3 grand. It depends on know how.
I'm still looking for reviews on Hodges as their program have intrigued me the most, $3 grand/6 month term.
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - DBRENNAN118 - 04-13-2016
bjcheung77 Wrote:That is the beauty of competency degrees, the cost and amount of time finishing a degree is cheaper and faster.
A member finished their MBA Finance at Patten for 2 grand, and in 3.5 months, I was so impressed.
Another member completed their WGU MBA in 3 months, that was about 3 grand. It depends on know how.
I'm still looking for reviews on Hodges as their program have intrigued me the most, $3 grand/6 month term.
I so wanted to do a more "well-known" MBA, but that timeframe/cost is super attractive. Man, I'm so confused which way to go.
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - passit1 - 04-13-2016
I think the concern about a well known program vs a competency based model depends on all the inputs. At my age I'm halfway through my working years. Faster is better because I only have so long to maximize the ROI of obtaining the degree. I also have almost 2 decades of operational experience to pair with the MBA.
If I were younger with less experience and had more time to make enough money to justify a higher priced program (especially those with an overseas cohort component), my decision would probably be different.
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - passit1 - 04-13-2016
Got my first "needs revision" on my Marketing project. Knew global marketing was my weak spot. At least it's just 2 areas - but it means logging more research time in addition to rewriting those sections.
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - passit1 - 04-13-2016
DBRENNAN118 Wrote:Wait, based on your signature, you are already done (or almost done) with 9 MBA classes in 6 weeks??!! Am I reading this wrong?? How is this possible?
Nobody can plan and execute like this operations geek. Hail to the queen baby!
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - passit1 - 04-13-2016
LaterBloomer Wrote:Maybe we should send all of the world's leaders to a coffee shop (or McDonalds) and see if they can solve the world's problems.
Coffee and food can fix anything
My Journey from Dead End Job to Success - jsd - 04-15-2016
passit1 Wrote:Nobody can plan and execute like this operations geek. Hail to the queen baby!
it really is an insanely fast rate you're doing this. I can't imagine these are short papers you're writing, either. What's the average page length of the papers you're doing? i'd probably have pulled out all of my hair already.