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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Hi, thanks for taking the time to reply. Why do you say that early 30s to late 30s is the right time to do a masters? You see many people of that age range doing it?
Excluding executive MBA for senior managers
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Hello, my apologies for the late reply.
Yes, i would say early 30s is the right time to do it for the following reasons:
1) People of that age range actually benefit more from the Master's degree; meaning that the effects of promotion and salary increment are more apparent at that age range. If you are too young with a Masters, people might not take you seriously or they might not want to hire you but if you are too old, having a Masters would not improve your situation significantly.
2) They are more mature; they display significant leadership skills and better understanding compared to younger project mates, but are still able to display considerable creativity and innovation, better able to absorb new ideas, compared to students in their 40s
3) They are at the age where they can manage both money and time better, compared to younger peers, whom may be financially strapped by this or by older students, whom by then would be more weary and perhaps worrying about retirement.
Of course, there may be counter-arguements against all this but although I am not a lecturer or academic, my entire working carreer has revolved around tertiary education and have come into close contact with students of Bachelors and Masters programs.