Masters Not a Good Idea

[cookderosa]

> I know with teaching if you get a masters right away it can hurt 

depends on where you teach doesn't it ? 
don't some places require a masters in education ?

This refers to teaching k-12 where a bachelor's is the required degree and a masters brings a pay bump, thus schools aren't huge fans of bringing in people with master's degrees because the applicant pool of those with just a bachelor's is good. Smart teachers pursue a master's once they are in a "secure" position with a district and don't plan to change jobs.