Hello again Dave Stahoviac back with you for the third lesson in this course on four benefits to seek in professional development.

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lesson. I supported for many years a large engineering firm here in Southern California. Many of the employees there had a technical background.

But often five to ten years into their careers, they realized they were going to need a bit more if they were going to make the shift

into management for the next stage of their career.

At the time, many of them sought out MBA programs for this support, and a lot of those employees would apply to either UCLA's

Anderson School or to USC's Marshall School to get their degrees. I had countless conversations about those two programs with folks at the time

since many of them were also considering our courses to support building the skills that they needed.

So I got to hear a lot about their desires for professional development and their motivations

behind it.

Some people were really excited about getting an MBA, but there was also a sizable, less large

but sizable population of people who were a bit less excited about the degree itself, but we're still investing the time and money to do it.

And often that was because they noticed how much career progression their colleagues

would get after doing one of those degrees.

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