don't hide in grad school
if you're in your early 20s, be honest about why you want a master's degree.
if it's career switching into research, specialized medicine, or academia, go for it. those fields require it.
if it's because you don't know what else to do and more school feels safer than uncertainty, stop.
a graduate has spent 98% of his life studying.
kindergarten, school, college. now you have a chance to actually see life.
and you want to get into an educational institute again?
here's the difference between school and work:
schools tell you what to do. life requires figuring out what you want.
schools punish failure. life teaches through trying and failing.
schools give you structure. life requires building your own.
if you're drawn to grad school because it's familiar and structured, that's avoidance, not strategy.
master's degrees in india cost 5-20 lakhs for mba, 2-8 lakhs for ms.
graduates do earn 20-30% more on average with advanced degrees. that roi makes sense if you have a specific goal.
but if you're doing it to delay real decisions? that's expensive procrastination.
two years earning 6-8 lpa in sales gives you 12-16 lakhs total earnings plus real skills.
two years in grad school costs you 10-40 lakhs plus lost income. that's a 20-50 lakh difference.
only worth it if the degree opens doors that work experience can't.
most fields value demonstrated ability over additional credentials now.
companies hiring for sales, marketing, product roles care more about what you've done than what degrees you hold.
so before applying to grad programs, ask: am i running toward something specific or away from uncertainty?
if it's the first, great. if it's the second, get a job. start something. fail at something real.
the scary part of life after graduation isn't that you might choose wrong.
it's that you have to choose at all.
grad school lets you delay that choice. but you'll face it eventually, just two years older and much poorer.
better to face it now.
