Should i take a job now? or after my MBA?

Question

Am Third year BTech Mech Eg, its placement time in our campus.

Some are saying to not miss the chance and grab the job, others suggest get an MBA, it will be more worthwhile.

So, please tell me the pros and cons you feel, that the two options pocess.

My aim: Just to be happy, make others happy. I love to travel the world. So I guess I need money, and that too quite fast, before am 28.

Answer 1

why can't you do both? Get the master's at night. It'll be hard, but nothing will be more worthwile than having a head start AND an MBA.

Answer 2

Quite a complex question. But just think of 2 options,

If you get a really good job in a good company dont think twicw, Join, you may not get the opportunity again... can do MBA later, if I am not wrong you should have thought of this long time back, where you could have attempted CAT exam, and then could have entered a good b-school, I believe there is no meaning in getting in a unreconised / small bschool for MBA is just a waste of time

The other alternate is - provided you have a oppotunity to get into a really good b-school finish our MBA first and then look into the job.

I prefer you to show interest in joing a company, but doing both simulataniously is quite hard, quite difficult

All the best

Answer 3

Finish your degree while you are young and not married with wife and family to take care of - you'll be better able to care for them later. If you are already caring for someone, and need the money (job) now, then I would advise only taking the job if you can set up a concrete plan to finish your education two nights a week while working.

Answer 4

take the job. A lot of Masters programs are taught at night and your compay may even pay for your continued education. However, I would research it before making a rash decision. I think a Masters is a great decision, but it doesn't mean you can't work.