The days of avoiding the real world are finally over.
Jokes aside,
I will miss postgrad school.
The late nights.
The mental stretching.
The pressure that forced growth.
Having finished mine,
here’s one piece of advice for anyone taking,
or planning to take, postgraduate studies:
Ask questions.
The line that separates school from work
is the freedom to sound “stupid.”
Graduate school exists so you can ask
what your boss does not have time to explain.
The things you do not know yet.
And the things you did not even know
you did not know.
It will be tough.
It will test your patience.
Drain your savings.
Challenge your weekends.
But unlike the stock market,
this is an investment you actually control.
Postgrad life is not college life.
Do not show up just to pass.
Do not aim for the diploma.
Aim for the learning.
The quest for a few extra letters after your name
should not be easy.
So if you ever find yourself
writing “essays about life,”
sitting through filler lectures,
or enduring college-style presentations,
Pause.
Demand your money’s worth.
Do not pay tuition for theory.
Pay for transformation.
Ask questions.
Ask professors who have done the work,
not just read about it.
Seek mentors who can connect
the classroom to the boardroom.
Because in the end,
graduate school is not proof
that you are smart.
It is proof
that you never stopped learning.