Background information: I'm an in-house guy whose tech company mostly does X, but has/will place a heavy emphasis on doing Y in the future. I think doing Y is the future also for the company.
Background information on me: MS EE (focus on circuits) at a top 30 engineering school. In-house guy prosecuting patents and a registered USPTO patent agent. My goal is to run the division doing Y (not immediately, but eventually).
Career path 1: Go to a #2 engineering school (Stanford or UC Berkeley) and complete a MS EE (focus on Y), graduate in 9 months (I plan on doing this as I will be a full-time student)
Career path 2: Go to same said 2 schools, but get a MS in Management Science and Engineering (basically some probability stuff based off the course description), takes 9 months.
Career path 3: Go to lower ranked tier 2 law school and go part-time and graduate in 4 years. (My LSAT scores were so so and I have no desire to take them again)
Honestly, I like patents and patent law, but I do not want to be an attorney nor have the desire and the money to go to law school, so I am disliking #3. However, this option may allow me to earn the most money simply by having a JD.
I like #1, but I already have a MS EE. But this MS EE is a different focus (Y instead of circuits). Also, the school is much better. Ranked #2 instead of top 30.
#2 is also good, but I wonder if my company does Y and I'm doing a different major somewhat unrelated to Y, then would my career in my current company be limited? (assuming my company still wants to hire me after I graduate). Also, probability is my weak point so I'm not too keen on this major (I like circuits).
Thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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