> 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 ba

> 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.