Anderson No Money vs Marshall 60K Scholarship

Congrats on your admits!

A PM today has a $100k sign on bonus at Amazon so I am pretty comfortable that you will recover the investment. Though that’s $60k after tax 😬. The base for a PM is about $160. And then you have a few bonus flavors that add another 50-80k per year depending on the company. Within a few years (3?) you can get a promotion and switch jobs that would bump you to $240 + bonus. If you are loving what you do and you are passionate about your work, you are close to 500k in 10 years. Tech always paid more than marketing or sales for comparable positions even in non tech companies. I think the question is can you switching to tech without doing business school and do you really want to be in tech or are you doing it for comp?

In terms of your general question of the ROI and being worth it. From one perspective, it’s probably financially worth it but at the same time, people have an uncanny ability to spend however much they make no matter how much they make. There’s never enough 😂 Business school will be hard work. You can cut corners and take a break here there but to get the most out of it, it will need to be hard work and it will need to challenge you and it will need to come pretty don’t close to breaking you and making you feel pretty uncomfortable. You need more than just I’m gonna make a few more dollars to motivate you to go through this experience. I assume you have a desire for self improvement and lifelong benefits of higher education. And if you follow that model, I don’t think you really need to ask the question the fact about it being worth it. This is not a Masters in art history 😉 (no offense to amazing historians)

PS. Having a strong brand on your resume is great. Employers like multiple validations and a pattern of success.

-BB.

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