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Eh. I got my undergrad at a second-tier university and my MSc at a top-tier one. There's definitely been a perceptible difference in how people treat me.
by eli_gottlieb 11y ago
Eh. I got my undergrad at a second-tier university and my MSc at a top-tier one. There's definitely been a perceptible difference in how people treat me.
- gluggymug 11y agoDid you work a year full time in a relevant field before you did your masters? I am saying I would rather employee someone who had worked for a year in my field than someone who had done a Masters straight after their Bachelors.
- Futurebot 11y agoDefinitely an underappreciated part of having a prestigious degree(s). I've written about it elsewhere with regards to having no degree vs having one, but it applies to MS vs BS and standard state school vs top-tier just as well. It's another form of social proof, and it affects not just whether or not you get hired, but how people view you, speak to you, and whether / how much they listen to or consider your opinion. Of course, many people don't give degrees a second thought, but for every one of those, there are plenty who do.