do you think having 3 degrees in 3 different disciplines can work to my advantage or disadvantage?

Question

Since my childhood business and investment was my dream job but because of various reasons I had to study quantum physics back in HS and linguistics in college. I will graduate in 2013 and I will have my MA degree in linguistics. Then I really want to change my career and go into business and marketing. This is why I thought of getting an MBA degree and then take it from there. Some friends (who are not expert so their opinions are not professional) say that having 3 degrees in 3 distinct disciplines can work to my advantage and show my ability to deal with different subject areas but again some people tell me this shows that I'm not focused and I'm "jumping from one branch to another". I want to settle down and switch my career and build the future I have always wanted and I don't mind this. I asked my dad to open an investment account in when I was just 12 (I'm 23 now) and I always put money in it (and I still do) so it's something in my blood and personality (what I'm trying to say is that I'm not trying to change career just because business looks so fancy and dreamy. I know what I want to do with my life) But I just want to know your views and opinions on this.

PS: Please don't say "yeah you need to know what you want and dig deeper inside yourself and etc" this is not the topic of this question now.

Thank you very much

Answer 1

What you studied in HS won't matter to many employers unless it was auto mechanics or tile setting. Seriously, you can't get a scientific job by telling employers, "I worked hard on physics in high school." That's not enough. They have master's degrees in physics as your competition.



The business world is different. They are used to taking people with various kinds of degrees for entry level positions but it would help to have some job experience in a business. In other words, while your MA in Linguistics shows you're smart, in the business world they want to know if you can manage time, money, or people. Does your MA show any talent for that? Not really. That means you'll be starting out at an entry-level postion in business and you'll have to prove yourself.



That's okay - that's how it's done and proving yourself can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years, but it can happen. Then they will promote you and give you more responsibilities and a raise. But, again, that really depends on the company culture of where you work.



Company culture is something they never teach in college. Isn't that awesome? (I'm saying that sarcastically.)



Would an MBA help? Maybe. But you can't just keep going to college believing it's going to prepare you for everything you'll face in the work world. IT DOESN'T. Our colleges should do that - we've paid a lot of money for them - but one of the huge flaws of our higher education system is that academia is oh so lacking in real world preparation.



I wish we had a system more like Germany's. There, apprenticeships (paid training at a real company) are popular and seem to be helping their economy boom.



So my advice to you would be to get a job. Get out there, work for some company you think you'll like, and see what its like. If you hate it you might be able to be a college professor with your MA but those jobs are very hard to find these days and most start as part-time non-tenured.



Just get a job in the business world. That will teach you everything our higher education systems are so behind on.

Answer 2

High School Quantum Physics hardly counts as a degree though it is interesting you took courses in it.



What made you take Linguistics in the first place? And proceed in getting a Masters in the subject? Did you have a plan? Does not sound like it.



A simple MBA is pretty well useless unless you can tie it into your Linguistic background somehow then this may give you a competitive advantage over others in this field...but my impression of this field (I have a friend in the field) this Linguistics is basically an academic pursuit...there is little demand in the real world.



An MBA by itself fills the graduates with airy fairy ideas on how to run a business but if you don't know anything about a business so those ideas are suspect. However, if you have an idea about turning your linguistic background into a profitable concern....that is another story.



You have a very misguided view of investment if you think that getting a MBA is going to make you successful at it.



You seem to be one of those who seem to be locked into being a professional student. That is my impression.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

the only disadvantage would be if you didn't have any degrees.