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Originally Posted by hvert
How does your Master's program work if you have a professional job? Would you be able to work and go to school at the same time? I ask because I wonder if employers are worried you will only stay a little while and then leave to go to school.
Have you tried doing informational interviews? Does your school have any kind of alumni network or career guidance office that could help?
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It's just going to have to work. Right now, I'm completing prerequisites before applying to Master's programs. I haven't been telling employers that I'm planning to go for a Master's. But I can't afford not to work while in school, it's just going to have to happen. I'm not really sure what an informational interview is, so I'm going to say no, haven't been doing that. My school has a career advisement center, I have an appointment with them next month (they are wayyyy backed up!). I'm not so much concerned with starting a long-term career as I am with getting a job that will provide useful experience so I'm not in this boat again when I'm done with my Master's.
I'm the first person in my family to make it this far in my education, so I don't have a lot of guidance or people to go off of. I have extreme anxiety, including terrible social anxiety, so I've had a hard time making connections with professors or seeking mentors. I'm making this up as I go along 😧😱