[OT] graduate school

[Jesse Stay]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Derek Davis <derek.davis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Jesse Stay <jesse at thestays.org> wrote:
>
>  > Not to spoil your decision, but what is your reasoning for graduate
>  > school?  Do you want to become a Professor?  It would seem to me that
>
>
>  Actually yes, I would like to become a professor.  I understand that
>  graduate school is not a good idea for normal industry work, so it's not for
>  that.  I want to do research (in academia or industry) because I feel that
>  that would be a very rewarding and satisfying career, so grad school is the
>  way there.  Thanks for the warning though, it would stink to get through
>  years of grad school, and find out that it was time and money poorly spent.

Becoming a Professor is a good reason to get a grad degree then.
Without having done my research, but having lived in Virginia, I would
generally think UVa would be better for a PhD than VA Tech.  I would
check with your advisor though and look at the stats for both.  My
Uncle is an MIS Professor at Old Dominion in Norfolk - I'd be happy to
introduce him to you so you can get his opinion.

Jesse

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