To School or not to School

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When I was in college working on my computer science degree one of my professors commented, “Most programmers have a shelf life of about five years.” Five years? It’s taking me FOUR years to earn the degree! When asked to elaborate he explained that most people moved on past the programming phase of their career rather quickly. Sitting at a terminal and banging out code takes it’s toll after a while and all but the most gifted hackers grow weary.

Years later I found myself sitting alone in my cubicle staring at neatly formatted code starving for something different. But what? Where do I go from here? I’ve always been taught to take hold of my own destiny and make my own future, but where do I start. I’m a software engineer who doesn’t want to program and doesn’t want to manage, which left me one place to go.

Business school! I’ll get my MBA! I began researching the places an MBA could take me and quickly became excited about the idea. I put aside all my stereotypes that b-school was for managers and corporate types and dove in with an open mind to the possibilities. There were students founding companies and competing for REAL funding. There were students running investment funds and students meeting with CEOs. The possibilities seemed endless and in business school I could truly remake my career and launch into something completely different.

Do Your Homework:

If you’re considering an MBA to reshape your career I highly suggest you do your homework. I was surprised to find the amount of specializations in today’s MBA marketplace and choosing the RIGHT school is the most important decision you could make. The single most valuable resource I discovered in my months of business school research is mbapodcaster.com. Here you will find all kinds of subjects discussed by experts in the field. Some of the decisions it helped me with included:

- How to choose a school that’s right for me
- Full-Time or Part-Time; what’s best for me?
- GMAT, how important is it really?
- How to create the best application possible.

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