[mirchada776]

So the basic idea is : A year in a company is better than a year in school?

But you're probably right, I can hardly remember my last vacation, a few months off sound like a good idea either way.

[paulcole]

Something to consider is the fact that the vast majority of people who say they're going to go back to school after a break never do [citation needed].

[arithma]

For the record, I returned to school after 6 years from graduating. Supporting a family (sole income) (one 3 year old boy, one 1 month old baby girl.) This in a third world country with practically 0 safety net. Just don't give up. Universities are the best place to learn from the masters by proxy (not the professors per se, but the ones who first wrote about new domains.)