I think that is a smart decision.

Many of us reach a point where we say enough and just move forward. Sometimes obtaining a bachelors or masters is moving forward but not guaranteed its needs to be done.

For me personally I always contemplated going back to obtain my masters but I do not see the benefits outweighing the risks for my situation. So I rather move forward in a different way. For example pay off my home faster and invest/save aggressively.

Maybe if I pay off my home in the future completely I would consider it or a future employer offers to share the cost.

But sometimes what we find out is that in the real world what we thought we needed to land a job is just the fear of our own doing. That is because there are many jobs that say you need X, Y, and Z. And when you fill out so many resumes with little call back it feels like you must obtain more "education". But on the flipside I have walked into jobs with little effort and the requirements were not mandatory at all. Very feast or famine where it is really the luck of the draw sometimes. The frustrating thing about the job market is that I have a STEM degree with experience but companies will bend over backwards to fill quotas. To fill these quotas they waive a lot of experience/education requirements and hand these people six figure jobs. But that is something we are fully aware of on these forums.

I think that is a smart decision.

Many of us reach a point where we say enough and just move forward. Sometimes obtaining a bachelors or masters is moving forward but not guaranteed its needs to be done.

For me personally I always contemplated going back to obtain my masters but I do not see the benefits outweighing the risks for my situation. So I rather move forward in a different way. For example pay off my home faster and invest/save aggressively.

Maybe if I pay off my home in the future completely I would consider it or a future employer offers to share the cost.

But sometimes what we find out is that in the real world that what we thought we needed to land a job is just the fear of our own doing. That is because there are many jobs that say you need X, Y, and Z. And when you fill out so many resumes with little call back it feels like you must obtain more "education". But on the flipside I have walked into jobs with little effort and the requirements were not mandatory at all. Very feast or famine where it is really the luck of the draw sometimes. The frustrating thing about the job market is that I have a STEM degree with experience but companies will bend over backwards to fill quotas. To fill these quotas they waive a lot of experience/education requirements and hand these people six figure jobs. But that is something we are fully aware of on these forums.

I think that is a smart decision.

Many of us reach a point where we say enough and just move forward. Sometimes obtaining a bachelors or masters is moving forward but not guaranteed its needs to be done.

For me personally I always contemplated going back to obtain my masters but I do not see the benefits outweighing the risks for my situation. So I rather move forward in a different way. For example pay off my home faster and invest/save aggressively.

Maybe if I pay off my home in the future completely I would consider it or a future employer offers to share the cost.

But sometimes what we find out is that in the real world that what we thought we needed to land a job is just the fear of our own doing. That is because there are many jobs that say you need X, Y, and Z. And when you fill out so many resumes with little call back it feels like you must obtain more "education". But on the flipside I have walked into jobs with little effort and the requirements were not mandator at all. Very feast or famine where it is really the luck of the draw sometimes.