tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883119.post112159007838419117..comments2023-09-21T06:22:10.282-04:00Comments on Domo Arigato, Misses Roboto: In other newsMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11614774693196962438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883119.post-1121724172776121122005-07-18T18:02:00.000-04:002005-07-18T18:02:00.000-04:00How much longer for grad school and how much does ...How much longer for grad school and how much does it cost (your parents). I need more variables to conduct CBA (cost-benefit-analysis). Here at BOC, several people have retired recently and they have begun to advertise their jobs as professional series statisticians. What is messed up is the person who just had that job (for thirty plus years!) isn't even eligible b/c they don't have the professional series requirements (i.e., a BA with 15 credits in mathmatics/statistics/related field). That's messed up right? Then there are GS-12s who want to apply for supervisory positions (GS-13) and they are, as they have been here 20+ years, qualified, but they don't have the requirements. Back then (when they started here in the 70s and 80s), no one NEEDED a BA. Now they do. What scares me is that someday, we might NEED an MA to get our own job. Get it? Yeah, I'm totally bummed I owe $31K for a MA that I do NOT need for my current job (I just get paid $4103 more a year-- this year anyway-- b/c I have it), but then I realized in 20+ it will be a lot easier to pay off debt than GO BACK and get an MA. Does that answer your question?<BR/>-KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883119.post-1121666922772066252005-07-18T02:08:00.000-04:002005-07-18T02:08:00.000-04:00next time youcome overask me for ac h a p s t i c ...next time you<BR/>come over<BR/>ask me for a<BR/>c h a p s t i c k<BR/><BR/>and i<BR/><BR/>will<BR/><BR/>furnish you<BR/>with one.<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>~ G ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com