[Dan in Pasadena]

Grady, my undergrad degree was Industrial Arts...i.e. "shop"... I might as well call it that; its what everyone thinks of when I mention it...but its not all that accurate. I got an MS in Business Management ten years after I finished my undergrad. By then I had two very young kids and was trying to move out of aerospace QA and into construction management.

I am certain my Masters got me the interview for my career change job with the then-Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. Today I am the Project Quality Manager for the currently-in-construction Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension project here in L.A. Previously I held the same postition for one portion of the Red Line and Green line projects.

My MS was designed for non-business undergrads and though the curriculum is a throw back by today's standards (no computers in common use in grad school then, I finished it in 1989) it got me my career. I say if you go for it, go hard. If I can do it with young kids, you can do it. Just "get through class tonight" and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. Best of luck, Dan