well. time to get busy.

[rmd]

Well, I'm in. Now, to see if I've learned enough coping skills to actually wrangle a course of study.

Dear $RMDREALNAME
It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been accepted into Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies Master of Professional Studies in Informatics program.

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[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Oh, nifty! Congratulations!

[mtnvwpilot.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I don't think you'll have to worry about the studying, though...

One of the things I noticed when I went back to do my own master's degree (an MBA) a few years ago is that IT professionals, as a group, had less trouble with the studying than most of our classmates from non-IT backgrounds. We speculated that, since most IT careers are essentially continuous learning programs, we were simply far more practiced at studying (and had been doing it far more recently) than our non-IT classmates.

Also, as a group, when it came to applying some new knowledge or skill, those of us with IT background were far more likely to "just try it" or "do the parts we know how to do, see how far we get, and then look again at what's left" than our non-IT colleagues. I guess that comes from IT being, in general, a much more experiment-driven profession than many others; it's relatively easy for IT folks to just try something to see how well it works, as opposed to say an architect or a doctor; if our "experiment" works, we scale up or deploy, but if it doesn't, buildings don't fall down and people don't die. Generally.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

well, i had staggeringly ADD-style flakiness for much of my decade of undergraduate. i've gotten a lot better as far as coping skills and such, but i've got a long track record of utterly flaking out about school-related things.

the first class i'm taking is actually a technical class that is pretty much all known material - what i'm testing is my ability to 1. take a class at all, and 2. to do so with something as unstructured as online classes.

[mangosteen]

Congrats!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

WOOHOO!!!!!

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and good luck!

[maellenkleth]

well, congratulations! I trust that this gives you access to online journals and suchlike.... ^_^

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I hope you enjoy the new vector.

[unclebooboo.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and good luck! I think there's a good chance that you'll do much better this time around- you've got a much clearer sense of your educational goals, and you're a lot more mature.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Congrats

(did you mention the pickle prize from NU in your application?)

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

woohoo! go you!
congratulations on your acceptance and good luck in your studies!

[coraline]

ummmmm... good luck, and you'll need it? :)
(i mean, freaking awesome for getting accepted, but anyone going to grad school is definitionally nuts :)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yes. that.

otoh, if the corporate overlords have been stalling out my salary and whatnot, it seems a shame to leave that tuition reimbursement money sitting on the table, unloved.

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

what exactly is the degree? :)

Congrats!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

the phrase i've heard is "terminal degree", like an MBA where there's not really an expected or ordinary path thru to the next level of academic wonkery. but without the B, so master of professional studies.

[beccane.livejournal.com]

Grats!!! I'm sure you'll do well :-)

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

Wow!! Coolness! Go you!

What's "Informatics"?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

it's a fancy word for "wrangling information technology"

[mietteloaf.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

The convenience of online classes for me is probably totally outweighed by the lack of a guilt factor for not showing up to class, where EVERYONE WOULD NOTICE. Good luck, and bully for you for taking what you can get from the corporate overlords.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

oh, see, i'm great at not going to classes -- i practically minored in it for much of my undergrad career. the convenience of online means that it bypasses the thing where i'd think "oh, i got caught up in work stuff and i'd be 15 minutes late to class plus it'll be impossible to park ... oh, nevermind. i won't go. i'll totally make it up later or something." and then punt.

[kathrynt.livejournal.com]

WOOOO!

[marith.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[galestorm.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Cool for you!

[charleshaynes.livejournal.com]

Most Excellent!

[gilana]

Woohoo! Go you.

[flabosib.livejournal.com]

YAY! Hugs! I bet you do well!

[cutieperson]

congrats and good luck!

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

It's about time someone recognized your professionalness! :-)

Congrats!

[evwhore.livejournal.com]

congrats!

[kjc.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, I didn't realize you'd gotten accepted!

Congratulations!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

oh, yeah, i thought i was more clear about that when i mentioned NU stuff last night.

i'll be extra clear:
HEY, I GOT IN. THANKS FOR THE EDITING HELP.

[kjc.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

Nope, ya weren't clear and I didn't have time to check LJ before heading out for the movie.

In any case, CONGRATULATIONS AND YOU ARE WELCOME FOR THE EDITING HELP!

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Best of luck with the program.

[lioritgioret.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! This will be good!