Les
Well-Known Member
Here's a question. Will an employer care more about the piece of paper from college or your references from past employers. For instance im planning on using the arena i work at now as a reference (as an asst. production manager)... with employers seeing this... is it even worth getting a degree?
I think the value of going or not is really up to interpretation. You will find 50/50 opinions and it comes down to what is right for you, especially in this field. I can say that [production industry] employers generally care A LOT more about what you've done in the real world than what you've studied or where. Notice that on most job postings they list their experience requirements, and may say they "prefer" a degree but they never REQUIRE a degree while listing experience as being optional.
You either need to have a degree + experience, or lots of good experience. If you have some decent experience, the degree probably won't boost you much unless it is in a very specific (and in-demand) discipline.