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What benefit is it to me to show off to my peers?

My peers are not the ones hiring me. By definition it is my superiors hiring me.

Seems like an exoensive way to demonstrate to my peers.

I think it is better to demonstrate by actually doing (building products, providing service, insightful writing, etc).

The fact remains that a person who stakes money into a multi-year process is signalling a few things:

- they have money/credit - they are time committed - they work mostly within the system - they acknowledge the authority/validity of the degree