Here we go again...
What to do? What to do? My job, even though I like it, is already starting to feel uncomfortable for me. Why is that? Because I have to wear a shirt and tie to work everyday and make phone calls most of the day. The best part is getting to interview potential students, half of which don't show up for their appointments. Regardless, I know that it is where God wants me at for the time being.
The harder question is whether getting an MBA is right for me. I was so excited to start school and now I am seriously considering if it is worth it or not. Why you ask? Because I feel like I should be getting more specialized training rather then getting more generalized training that an MBA offers. In fact, I walked into CTU thinking I was going to get a second degree in IT and I walk out having enrolled in an MBA program. Yes, I have been thinking about getting my MBA for awhile, and yes, getting a second bachelors is a "step backward" to some people but I dont care. The sad fact is that I don't feel like I am learning much, and that I am just doing it to get the credential. Is that so bad? In hindsight I would have at least waited till my Tuition Assistance kicks in. Argh. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that I could have saved so much more money if I would have waited, but now that I have "sunk costs" I feel like I need to just get through it and finish.
So yeah. I hate this. I even thought about not doing this class now, project management, and the way its going, I REALLY wish I would not have taken this class. It is a learning experience though. Here is what I have learned. I hate working on teams I do not pick, and I certainly hate working on teams where I have something at stake and everyone is coming to me hoping that I have all the answers. Well I don't! I am in class just like you, and I am learning the same stuff you are learning, sooooooooooooooo, this is YOUR assignment, learn to do it yourself!!!! geez, I should have vented these frustrations awhile ago. My stomach feels sick right now, or maybe its just hunger pangs. I wanna cry. I am VERY ready to just quit and say there is $4000 down the drain for nothing. grrrrr.
The harder question is whether getting an MBA is right for me. I was so excited to start school and now I am seriously considering if it is worth it or not. Why you ask? Because I feel like I should be getting more specialized training rather then getting more generalized training that an MBA offers. In fact, I walked into CTU thinking I was going to get a second degree in IT and I walk out having enrolled in an MBA program. Yes, I have been thinking about getting my MBA for awhile, and yes, getting a second bachelors is a "step backward" to some people but I dont care. The sad fact is that I don't feel like I am learning much, and that I am just doing it to get the credential. Is that so bad? In hindsight I would have at least waited till my Tuition Assistance kicks in. Argh. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that I could have saved so much more money if I would have waited, but now that I have "sunk costs" I feel like I need to just get through it and finish.
So yeah. I hate this. I even thought about not doing this class now, project management, and the way its going, I REALLY wish I would not have taken this class. It is a learning experience though. Here is what I have learned. I hate working on teams I do not pick, and I certainly hate working on teams where I have something at stake and everyone is coming to me hoping that I have all the answers. Well I don't! I am in class just like you, and I am learning the same stuff you are learning, sooooooooooooooo, this is YOUR assignment, learn to do it yourself!!!! geez, I should have vented these frustrations awhile ago. My stomach feels sick right now, or maybe its just hunger pangs. I wanna cry. I am VERY ready to just quit and say there is $4000 down the drain for nothing. grrrrr.
posted by Jeremy at 9:39 AM
3 Comments:
Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy, what are gonna do with you?
In any job you'll have you would have to work with a team you don't choose so that would have to be something you get used to even if you don't like it.
It seems like one of our chats is getting more and more needed between the two of us....
Well if you were getting a job that may be true, but I plan on having my own business where I do get to pick my team. And being a contractor spoiled me because I did get to pick my team.
And if I have some kind of management control in an organization I certainly don't have to work with a team I don't choose. Sorry, I just have a different philosophy on business.
Well if you do get our own business like you want then yes you'll get to pick your team, but there will be times until then that you won't be able to. Unless you get a management control, which I'm sure you'd be able to do...
We're always gonna have to do things we don't like in order to achieve our goals.
Post a Comment
<< Home