Online degree for advancement

[jhelgesen]

After years of lack of advancement at my current position, I'm starting to wonder if my corporate bureaucracy is holding me back due to my degree. I've got 20 years of experience in product development and mechanical engineering, but have an Industrial Design degree. I'm trying to get that next step to project or engineering management.

Has anyone pursued an online degree in Engineering Management or Mechanical Engineering after gaining their original Bach?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

More likely it's because there's no movement upward and/or middle management is being slashed, rather than grown. Think economy. Unless your company is different than any other one out there, I'd expect to sit tight and hope you still have a job at all in a year. Then worry about advancement once things start turning around/growing and they start actually looking for management candidates. I don't know of too many people getting promotions right now - only additional workload/responsibility and none of the salary/benefits that would come with it in "normal" times.

Sit tight - that'd be my $0.02. And I wouldn't waste my time on a degree program at this point in your career. Focus on doing a good job and MAYBE get PMP certified (HR types like that, although I find it pretty much worthless myself).

[sammyg2]

Years ago I checked into getting part of all of an engineering degree online. I found nothing legit so i did it the hard way.

Buying a degree from one of those fly-by-night outfits is a waste of money, any decent company is gonna check and it'll only make you look bad.
Maybe they have real engineering degrees available online now but they didn't then.

An MBA would do you allot more good as far as advancement.