- My reasoning for higher education - I left my mid-sized tech company a couple years ago to join a hardware startup. I started as an EE, but as leadership pos

- My reasoning for higher education - I left my mid-sized tech company a couple years ago to join a hardware startup. I started as an EE, but as leadership positions became necessary I started filling those roles and building a really solid (however small) EE/FW team and helping with more business strategy. We ended up making some really tragic business decisions, many of which were set in place long before I started and I didn't exactly have the credibility to argue. I left the company several months ago. I started to realize how important business strategy (incorporated with engineering) was to success or failure of a product. I learned a TON about leadership/culture/strategy/funding, but it made me realize how much I didn't know. I read books/blogs, scoured HN/Stratechery, etc, but I felt under-educated. Though it might just be insecurity, I felt every other individual I worked with had more experience or pedigree (still, there are tangible effects this has - fundraising for one). I also just like learning. I grew up in a small town, and these schools just weren't on our radar. Whether it's technical or business, I want to learn how things work. I don't think I'll ever regret taking two years out of my professional career to go back to school. I want to network.