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Graduation: work and study or only study?
Hey people,
I' am from Brazil. Here, most of my friends in management graduation are working to get experience or/and extra money for living. I have my doubts about this strategy. (My objective is to be enterpreneur)
How do you guys do at your country? What is considered better. Study general stuffs before for the first 4-5 years and work later or, work since the begining and kill some reading time?
Thanks
(sorry for any ortografic errors)
I' am from Brazil. Here, most of my friends in management graduation are working to get experience or/and extra money for living. I have my doubts about this strategy. (My objective is to be enterpreneur)
How do you guys do at your country? What is considered better. Study general stuffs before for the first 4-5 years and work later or, work since the begining and kill some reading time?
Thanks
(sorry for any ortografic errors)
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Permalink Reply by Kevin McC. on -
Guess it all depends on the work and workplace. You might be better off only studying as compared to what little you would gain in some jobs. However, the right job in the right company would, I think, prove far more valuable than anything you might gain from continued formal education.
Take a look at Seth Godin's take on self determination.
General studies just sound, well, rather general, if you know what I mean. And getting experience is all well and good, but I'd encourage you to set your sights a bit higher.
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Permalink Reply by Futurespective on -
If you're serious about being an entrepreneur you must read the book "Founders at work". It is full of stories of founders who faced similar dilemmas in their founding years. What you'll also find when you read the different stories is that there is no right or wrong answer that anyone else can give you. You need to find out for yourself what your big passion is and go all out for it.
Here's a link to the book preview http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oFTYD9IHX5YC&printsec=frontc...
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Permalink Reply by Meagan Hungerford on -
Personally, I worked and studied and found the work experience invaluable - however I made sure wherever I worked, it related back to the career path I was taking (design) and I could use the experience to move me forward. This however, is how I've done it and not necessarily the recommended path in Australia (nor is it discouraged of course!)
As said by Furturespective, there's no right or wrong answer to this one. Do what's best for you. Working before, during and after study in my respective field was the right choice for me, but it may not work for others.
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