continuing education

[Nuzzolese]

What do you all think of taking classes on subjects in your field of work? It won't garuntee you certification in something and it won't get you a raise or anything like that. So is it worth it? The idea is that it will update you on new info and maybe make you better at your job. Maybe. And possibly it looks good to say you took the class. Does it even look that good to say you did it?

[Dr Deaf]

if they're paying for it, you've got nothing to lose.

i think it's a flawed system when the formal education process stops after HS, college, masters whatever... so that's it? you've learned enough to last the rest of your lifetime?

i say, go for it.

[Rock]

What do you all think of taking classes on subjects in your field of work? It won't garuntee you certification in something and it won't get you a raise or anything like that. So is it worth it? The idea is that it will update you on new info and maybe make you better at your job. Maybe. And possibly it looks good to say you took the class. Does it even look that good to say you did it?
Well...if it gives you new info and maybe make you better at your job, it will possibly get you a raise or a promotion because of your knowledge and your mad skills.

I'm all for it.

But if you don't want to be "stuck" in your job forever and plan on leaving in the very near future, i don't think its worth it.

[Dr Deaf]

But if you don't want to be "stuck" in your job forever and plan on leaving in the very near future, i don't think its worth it.

hmm. that part seems contradictory. she'd have a bunch of fresh stuff to pad the resume with. surely that's worth something?

[Rock]

hmm. that part seems contradictory. she'd have a bunch of fresh stuff to pad the resume with. surely that's worth something?
i guess it depends on what kind of field of work she really is interested in getting into. If someone is not into their job and they don't see themselves in that field of work then I don't see what benefit a non certification class would give them. Even for the resume. If I want to be a chef, but I work at the DMV. Would a quick mention of a class that I took on databases on my resume really help out?

I guess it can't hurt...but it doesn't necessarily mean it will help either.

[QueenAdrock]

I love learning, so if it was a free course, I'd take it. Even if it is just for the hell of it.

I'm thinking of taking a course or two at my old college again, because it's $300 a course and I'm bored.

[Nuzzolese]

I told my bf I was going to take the class and he was like "Why? Is it going to get you a raise?" Hmm, no. "uh...okay"

I've learned so much by simply doing my job, I didn't need classes before. It may make my job performance technically better but probably not in any way that I would get direct credit for. It's one of those things that might slightly improve the department overall and how much money we make, which may trickle down to a raise for me, but before me it filters through a lot of other expenses so it seems like a class that would be a little interesting but mostly superficially helpful, if that makes sense.

What I would have to lose is some evening time and almost 200 dollars (temporarily, I get reimbursed for the class if I complete it but not the cost of the book)

[enree erzweglle]

Take the classes. Especially if they're free. To me, the benefit is not in how the knowledge can be used to further your career, but it's in how learning itself elevates you. Not fiscally or financially, but in ways that matter the most.

[QueenAdrock]

Well if you lose evening time and money, it may not be worth it. How much evening time? Enough that you'll be exhausted for work? Or just like two days during the week, like Tuesday and Thursday?

[Nuzzolese]

I feel so lost at the bottom around here I don't know where to start. Taking little classes and workshops one by one, struggling to pay for them...I just feel like a fish flopping on the beach with sand in one eye and the other eye straight up at the clouds just hoping I'm getting closer to the ocean.
Can't you just hear the seagulls? Yeah I know, I'm cheesy. I have a college degree and loved earning it but now think of it as an embarrassing luxury that I took, one that has no practical uses.

[Nuzzolese]

Well if you lose evening time and money, it may not be worth it. How much evening time? Enough that you'll be exhausted for work? Or just like two days during the week, like Tuesday and Thursday?

It's just two hours a week for the class but there might be homework. And it goes for about 4-5 months! MONTHS!! I think I'd be out 50 dollars for the book. The rest is repayed in Dec. Yay Christmastime.

[QueenAdrock]

Well, what's the class called? If it doesn't sound interesting, fuck it man.

[jabumbo]

i can't imagine too many classes being that beneficial to furthering my career. maybe it's because most of the stuff i learn in classes is useless, and the rest is just the basics of which i should build off of.

anything past the basics i think should just be real experience. more often than not, actually doing something makes you learn it a lot faster and better than trying to pick it up through a book and a few lectures.



its kind of funny for me to think of this because many of the classes i am taking or have taken in the past have really proven to be mostly useless to the career that lies ahead of me. yet, i can see myself taking random courses down the road just for the sake of learning something new.

[iceygirl]

yes it looks good and yes it could get you more money.

[Mrs_Princess]

I'm graduating next month with my Associates in of Applies Science in Graphic Design and Multimedia (that was long) and I want to go get my bachelors degree but my dad is refusing to let me.. he said you don't need it but I do in order to get a job and he told me to get a loan but wants me to pay it along with the interest and pay him back for my associates degree too... what a jerk I swear.. hes like ohh we don't have enough money but hes bought a new car, were getting a fence put up, a new roof, and he went on two vacations with my mom and wants to go on another one.. but he won't pay for my bachelors degree.. I don't know what to do anymore!

[enree erzweglle]

yet, i can see myself taking random courses down the road just for the sake of learning something new.That's why I do it. Pretty much everything that I study is unrelated to my job but I study it anyway for a variety of reasons.

If it's free and if it could help you as a person (because I think all learning does just that), then why wouldn't you take advantage of that, Nuzzolese.

[kaiser soze]

the benefits of education are in the eye of the beholder, you can make much out of little or nothing out of alot

it's up to you!