{"id":4839,"date":"2014-08-28T23:59:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T06:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2014-08-28T23:59:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T06:59:22","slug":"what-has-my-60k-education-given-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4839","title":{"rendered":"What has my 60k+ education given me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bottom line: I hope that it was worth it!<\/p>\n

And in some way, I am mostly talking about graduate school.<\/p>\n

  • A network to all my alumni. Not just during, but also before and after.<\/li>\n
  • Communication design fundamentals.<\/li>\n
  • Empathy for people, particularly users.<\/li>\n
  • Access to free food and drinks. Once a year.<\/li>\n
  • An impression that people think that I am incredibly smart.<\/li>\n
  • The ability to say, “You went to CMU? I did too!”<\/li>\n
  • Nerd cred. Sometimes.<\/li>\n
  • The ability to say, “Oh yeah, I got a masters.”<\/li>\n
  • The reason why I hesitate to get a MFA.<\/li>\n
  • A chance to understand what cold winters and humid summers really mean.<\/li>\n
  • The ability to actually “grow up” and learn how to do laundry. Or how to make horrible mistakes in laundry and learn from them.<\/li>\n
  • What it’s like to live in a party house with people over the age of 21. Note: Fun, but every day fun.<\/li>\n
  • Learn to live in “small town” America.<\/li>\n
  • Being able to say “oh yeah, I totally lived in the east coast.”<\/li>\n
  • Being able to say “oh yeah, I totally lived in the midwest.”<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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