Depending on your career goals and readiness, you may choose to go directly to graduate school or work for a few years. Consider both choices:
- Uninterrupted studies
- May be easier while still in the student mode
- Job market isn’t good and may be better in the future
- Avoid disrupting career pursuits later in life
- Profession requires additional education
- Assistantships and/or financial assistance is available now.
- Obtain good position after completing undergraduate education
- Career change
- Advanced degree is necessary to “climb the corporate ladder”
- Practical, hands-on experience makes for more serious, interested student
- Seeking employment after company downsizing requires new skills and knowledge
- Establish solid experience first
- Employer will pay for further education (or a portion of it)
- Technology in the field is changing and skills/knowledge needs to be updated
