> Some Silicon Valley companies will pay for your master's degree, but usually you still have to work full time for the company in addition to your course work.
Why is this a bad thing - I'm genuinely curious? I completed a masters and a PhD the same way. Of course, the downside is that since I already had a job I wasn't going to deal with the funding rat-race that comes with academia and stayed in industry.
Edit: The biggest upside - career growth, no student loans, regular paycheck, health insurance, etc, etc.
> Why is this a bad thing - I'm genuinely curious?
First of all I admire you for finishing a Master's and PhD while working.
I personally think about going back to school all the time (I didn't finish undergrad) but am pretty confident that if I do I would want to go full time.
My reason is just that working full time is exhausting and I can't imagine being able to give 100% to my studies if I'm also constantly fatigued from work.
I certainly still am able to learn new things after working, but compared to when I was focused on school completely I learn at a much slower pace. There's a lot of cognitive overhead in having to context switch, at least for me personally.
Why is this a bad thing - I'm genuinely curious? I completed a masters and a PhD the same way. Of course, the downside is that since I already had a job I wasn't going to deal with the funding rat-race that comes with academia and stayed in industry.
Edit: The biggest upside - career growth, no student loans, regular paycheck, health insurance, etc, etc.