1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,700 I think the value that I got out of the program was really exceptional and 2 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:14,400 it was pretty apparent that the people who designed the program really took the time 3 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:19,050 to make sure that they offered some basics to anybody who is taking 4 00:00:19,050 --> 00:00:23,160 a class in case you didn't know something about it with the systems degree and 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,370 especially considering on the distance learner it's an immediate application of 6 00:00:26,370 --> 00:00:29,790 what I'm learning I was actually able to take a project for an optimization course 7 00:00:29,790 --> 00:00:33,720 I took and immediately applied that's what I was doing a works so 8 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,640 that was actually spectacular to see him to be able to do as part of the degree 9 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,620 program I had talked to my boss and she really supported me and rolling in it and 10 00:00:41,620 --> 00:00:44,620 really considered it an investment on her part so there was the monetary 11 00:00:44,620 --> 00:00:49,050 compensation from earning an advanced degree there was also the opportunity for 12 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:53,350 a promotion once I'm done with the masters I'll have 3 years of work experience and 13 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:57,750 I'll have a masters at Cornell so it's terms of prospects I'm looking great 14 00:00:57,750 --> 00:01:00,830 from from one employer standpoint hand down the thing that they 15 00:01:00,830 --> 00:01:04,270 have to deal with come on campus you got to meet the professors and meet 16 00:01:04,270 --> 00:01:08,220 other students and be involved and that made a huge impact in the program that was 17 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:12,480 one of the things that most made me feel integrated it's done you know so much for 18 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,720 my career and it's taught me to think about things in different ways both in my 19 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,640 personal life and also in my work life I've had a lot of real pleasant things 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,770 happen that I can directly attribute to what I learned in the program here.