<p>Have grad school graduates (no pun intended) gone on to business related fields? If you are certain you do not want to become a professor (this is a great profession by the way, just not really for me), is grad school still a good idea? Does grad school mostly consist of conducting and perfecting research?
finally, why are you going to grad school?
much thanks!</p>
<p>Depends entirely on the field. In business and many areas of engineering a masters is a pretty normal credential, PhDs less so.</p>
<p>But PhDs are also normal in areas where research is important - for years investment banks, insurance companies and proprietary trading firms used to suck up quite a number of math and finance PhDs. And of course physical and biological sciences PhDs play a huge role in every area of industry. If you take a look at corporate executive teams, particularly in high-tech (yes there are high profile exceptions) and bio-tech fields, you’ll see that of those who are not MBAs or attorneys, the majority have PhDs appropriate to their company’s field.</p>
<p>Heck, even humanities PhDs find work in a wide range of public and private “think tank” type environments where extreme research and writing skills are greatly valued.</p>