Hypothetically...

[Tom Petty]

take the job. if you want out of this biz in 5 years, you'll have experience to fall back on. unless you go into education, a degree isn't worth as much as experience.

 

[trifectarich]

Is the journalism-Spanish connection there for a reason? What were you hoping to do once college was over?

I side with those who suggest getting that sheepskin, one way or another.

 

[Cansportschick]

If writing is your passion and you plan on doing a career in journalism/writing, I would take the gig and in a couple of years, if you are not satisfied with it, you could always revert back to school.

Another factor is if you really like the place you are working for.

Another option, which I have done is go to school part time while working in a couple of years time.

I would take the offer if presented to me and if I were in your shoes.

 

[wickedwritah]

take the job. if you want out of this biz in 5 years, you'll have experience to fall back on. unless you go into education, a degree isn't worth as much as experience.

Being a college kid is worth the experience, though, tp.

Trust me, I held off on college, and being an immature asshat and drunkard actually helped me mature in the long run.

 

[Prodigal Son]

You should take the job now and start making the money while you can. There are plenty of very high quality online programs that are accredited and accepted just like the traditional schools that you can use to finish out your bachelors degree in these days.
You've got a job offer now. You may not have one in two years.

 

[wickedwritah]

You should take the job now and start making the money while you can. There are plenty of very high quality online programs that are accredited and accepted just like the traditional schools that you can use to finish out your bachelors degree in these days.
You've got a job offer now. You may not have one in two years.

If he is good enough, he will.

And if the place offering him is run by people who have half a brain, they'll understand why a young guy may want to continue living the college life for two years and not rush into adulthood.

 

[Prodigal Son]

You should take the job now and start making the money while you can. There are plenty of very high quality online programs that are accredited and accepted just like the traditional schools that you can use to finish out your bachelors degree in these days.
You've got a job offer now. You may not have one in two years.

If he is good enough, he will.

And if the place offering him is run by people who have half a brain, they'll understand why a young guy may want to continue living the college life for two years and not rush into adulthood.

If he's good enough to get the job offer now, what's the extra two years of college going to do beside give him a piece of paper to hang on his wall?
Take the job now, do the online courses while you work, and when the time comes to hang that piece of paper on the wall, you should have enough money to buy yourself a very nice frame to hang it in.

 

[Tom Petty]

take the job. if you want out of this biz in 5 years, you'll have experience to fall back on. unless you go into education, a degree isn't worth as much as experience.

Being a college kid is worth the experience, though, tp.

Trust me, I held off on college, and being an immature asshat and drunkard actually helped me mature in the long run.

i didn't start college until i was 21 and had a job offered to me my junior year at a pretty decent paper. i, still to this day, wished i would have taken the job ... but then again i'd worked through my asshattery by that time, kind of.

 

[wickedwritah]

If he's good enough to get the job offer now, what's the extra two years of college going to do beside give him a piece of paper to hang on his wall?
Take the job now, do the online courses while you work, and when the time comes to hang that piece of paper on the wall, you should have enough money to buy yourself a very nice frame to hang it in.

It's not all about money.

It's about the experience of being in college.

Blahblahblah, it's overstated, you say. Well, half the time nowadays, people are rushed into adulthood, either by their own choosing or by pushy parents. And on the other end of the spectrum, we have helicopter parents who are there doting on their kids in college.

CR, having rushed myself into the working world, I say enjoy the final two years of your schooling and socializing before joining the rest of us.

 

[wickedwritah]

i didn't start college until i was 21 and had a job offered to me my junior year at a pretty decent paper. i, still to this day, wished i would have taken the job ... but then again i'd worked through my asshattery by that time, kind of.

Everyone is different, I guess. I'm just speaking from my experiences.

 

[Tom Petty]

i didn't start college until i was 21 and had a job offered to me my junior year at a pretty decent paper. i, still to this day, wished i would have taken the job ... but then again i'd worked through my asshattery by that time, kind of.

Everyone is different, I guess. I'm just speaking from my experiences.

naw wick, i kinda was agreeing with you, kinda. i guess you do have to get some asshattery out of your system before you're expected to be a man ... which kind of sounds like the working title to a kenny rogers song.

 

[Prodigal Son]

If he takes the job now and continues his education online, in two years he has his degree and two years experience under his belt.
There will be no job you can't apply for then.
Take the job now kid and finish your degree online. You will not regret it.

 

[pressmurphy]

The college degree will give you more options later when you become disenchanted with life at the paragraph factory.

Without that degree already in hand, some day you'll know that you'll want to quit the job but can't afford to for at least two more years because you have to finish up your degree work.

 

[Prodigal Son]

The college degree will give you more options later when you become disenchanted with life at the paragraph factory.

Without that degree already in hand, some day you'll know that you'll want to quit the job but can't afford to for at least two more years because you have to finish up your degree work.

Most employers frown at resumes that show someone hopping around from job to job in less than two years per stop anyway. If he takes the job, he can finish his degree online in two years and when he's ready to move on in two years, he will be in great shape and a potential employer will like the fact he has the degree and stayed put for two years in one job.
Its a win-win for him.

 

[Your Huckleberry]

It's a win-win if newspapers are even still around in two years.

 

[Some Guy]

If he's good enough to get the job offer now, what's the extra two years of college going to do beside give him a piece of paper to hang on his wall?
Take the job now, do the online courses while you work, and when the time comes to hang that piece of paper on the wall, you should have enough money to buy yourself a very nice frame to hang it in.

It's not all about money.

It's about the experience of being in college.

Blahblahblah, it's overstated, you say. Well, half the time nowadays, people are rushed into adulthood, either by their own choosing or by pushy parents. And on the other end of the spectrum, we have helicopter parents who are there doting on their kids in college.

CR, having rushed myself into the working world, I say enjoy the final two years of your schooling and socializing before joining the rest of us.

Normally I'd agree with you. But in this job climate, I'm inclined to say take any good offer that comes your way. There might not be a job -- or hell, with the way things are going, a functioning newspaper -- in two years.

Of course, that brings up a good counter-argument. There's a good chance the kid could take the job now, and STILL not have a job in two years.

My advice? Go to law school

 

[KaraokeC]

it's going to be a hugely disappointing feeling when your potential second job interviews you, and puts you among the finalists, and then pulls the plug because they find out you have no degree. some places won't even take a look at you if you don't have a degree. i've seen it happen.
get a degree. if you're good, jobs will be there when you get out.

 

[wickedwritah]

But in this job climate, I'm inclined to say take any good offer that comes your way. There might not be a job -- or hell, with the way things are going, a functioning newspaper -- in two years.

There won't be newspapers in two years only because everyone in this business says the sky is falling.

KaraokeC is right -- if CR is good, the jobs will be there.

 

[I'll never tell]

IMHO ... Unless you're in New York where 35K ain't crap, take it. I don't understand why two years now isn't the same as two years later.

(Plus if it's two (or 10) years down the road, you hate it and you go back to school, the chics are always hotter. I've never heard anybody say ... girls sure were better looking when I was in school.)

Unless you're somewhere where 35K is peanuts, jump on it. Go to school when you can. You may be two years down the road and take 25K and kick the crap out of yourself every morning.

Not that I've been in a situation that's a lot like this one or anything ...

 

[Tom Petty]

IMHO ... Unless you're in New York where 35K ain't crap, take it. I don't understand why two years now isn't the same as two years later.

(Plus if it's two (or 10) years down the road, you hate it and you go back to school, the chics are always hotter. I've never heard anybody say ... girls sure were better looking when I was in school.)

Unless you're somewhere where 35K is peanuts, jump on it. Go to school when you can. You may be two years down the road and take 25K and kick the crap out of yourself every morning.

Not that I've been in a situation that's a lot like this one or anything ...

i get older but the 20-year-olds keep getting hotter by the day.