So I recently completed my MBA(non t30, but it was 60% funded) last year, but it was an online program so l don't really feel like I got the most out of it and I was working full-time.

I'm still in my mid 20s with no commitments and recently started MSCS, at a school with a T25 MBA program. This time I was thinking about doing it differently to network and get more value.

Is it worth leaving ($100k+) to go learn, network and possibly pivot? Genuinely would love some advice

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Networking can be done without dropping 100k. Sure you don't have the resume bullet point, but if that's what you're depending on to do your networking, then networking isn't what you're after, its being part of the club.

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