Is there any benefit to getting a masters as a creative? Thinking about pursuing it but worried it will be a waste of time and money.

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A good grad program can change you for the better and make your brain a more interesting place to inhabit. Don’t just measure its benefits in terms of promotions or whatever.

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Copywriter with an MBA here. While it’s not the most useful thing, I learned a lot of leadership and change management techniques (traits found in successful CDs) in addition to practice selling ideas to more traditional business minds. A lot of client-side opportunities see the MBA as a nice bonus, so sometime down the line it’ll hopefully give me a leg up when I want to jump over.

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I have 9 hours left of an MFA, but I would honestly recommend against it if you have no intentions of using it outside of the industry. What you gain doesn't benefit a market. My exit strategy requires an MFA, so that is why I continued in the first place.

If you came to the consultancy side, it would be very useful

Everyone that went to brandcenter has a masters lol

If you plan to stay a creative don’t bother. Unless you love school and wasting money!

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