On 7th December in Finland, sunrise is 9:30 and sunset is 15:00. It’s quite bad to have short sunlight, but it’s no too bad to enjoy some Japanese sake and write a blog to end such a day. (Thank you Mr. Kato who brought me sake from Japan)

All right, time for the topic.

I guess many young people are troubled by the choices of going to find a job or going for further study after bachelor’s program.

Here I share some personal experience.

I graduated from bachelor’s degree of double majors in Mechanical Engineering and Biology. Then I went for a master’s program in engineering directly.

After that master’s program, I worked as a marketing staff and a product manager for a couple of years and went to a master’s program in business again.

It’s commonly said that it’s easier to go through master’s study by continuing study directly from undergraduate study because you won’t forget a lot due to a couple of years gap in a job.

On the other hand, people also said that working experience helps understand what to learn in further study.

I heard these when I was a college student.

Then, how did I felt, when I experienced both?

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