How to Decide If You Should Go to Grad School

Zak Slayback
Sep 4, 2018 · 7 min read

A relatively successful friend of mine told me the other day that she was thinking of going to grad school.

This caught me off-guard because her career doesn’t need grad school. She hasn’t tapped out her opportunities in her current role or company. She’s on a pretty reliable path to financial and professional success before the age of 40. She doesn’t work in a career where she can’t progress without a graduate degree.

Few people really go to grad school for “continuing education.” They go for other perks. Nobody goes to the…

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Zak Slayback

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Principal @ 1517 Fund, Author @ McGraw-Hill | Featured in Fast Company & Business Insider- https://zakslayback.com/

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