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Date: 2008-10-24 06:35 pm (UTC)
I did a stint in HR for about a year. The Director was a very savvy woman who has been in some of the highest degrees of state government.

When I talked about what to do for higher education, she advised me to get an MBA if I wanted to make money. With a degree in Poly Sci, he may find that he could make a comfortable living in state government with generally pretty good medical bennies and retirement pensions. I do know that top level admins making 150k+ a year had MBA's and the JD's made considerably less...

I know a grand total of 5 people with the JD to know what they feel about their education. 2 are professors here and are pursuing their dreams of righting wrongs - one with juveniles and the other with human trafficking. They are not getting rich. Three others are SCA friends, one working as a law clerk (!) because she so disliked the long hours, the second does something completely different, and the third, well, read his post from yesterday here:

http://rolandvonbern.livejournal.com/5268.html

I also seems that MBA programs are often designed for the working person, so that they can afford to pay for the tuition. In our state, agencies are allowed to pay for tuition/books after successful completion of the course if the education can be used by the agency in the future (as in a MBA or JD). The downside of a state job is that they are ranked and you start pretty low and move up the rank scale. It took 4 years (because of wage freezes) and negotiations with lateral moves, but I am now where I should be at the top of the scale. Meanwhile I have now earned 7.5% of my monthly salary as pension(increases 1.5% each year) and 12% employer paid contribution goes into a 401-k. I have fully paid family health ($5 copay) and dental. The bennies are pretty good because they have the state-wide purchasing power.

Anway, my .02

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