Know-How Exchange : Career/Training

Why not ask NYU's Center for Career Development (https://www.nyu.edu/careerdevelopment/) your question? They have the data of who's hiring, salaries, contacts, etc.

Dear Ekombamaxime,

Jay's right. You need to get in touch with those jolly nice people at NYU's Career office. All fine, upstanding citizens, I'm sure.

The answer to your question also rather depends on the nature of the projects you might have already worked on, what you didn't know while in those roles, and what you see yourself managing in the future, and for whom.

So, as is becoming a habit of mine in this forum, I'm going to offer you a list of additional questions to consider. You may not like what follows, but, dear heart, you must live with the choice YOU make, not anyone here offering you advice.

Sound reasonable? Splendid. Off to the races we go!

What's your life and work experience?
Where have you worked in terms of location, niche, sector, and so on?
What diod you enjoy doing?
What did you loathe doing?
What have you done?
Who did you do whatever you did, for?
How long did you do it or have you done it?
Did you or do you enjoy it?
Were you or are any good at it?
Was it thrilling, divine, and a gaggle of giggles?
Was it a frightful bore?

Whether it's from NYU, Harvard, the School of Hard Knocks, or the Man in the Moon, the qualification's one acquires along one's path just that: qualifications.

In the big scheme of things, the piece of paper you'll walk out of NYU with doesn't mean anything. It's what you'll DO with the SKILLS you LEARN and the WISDOM you've soaked up that will count toward your future.

Not a piece of paper.

It's these things that will underpin how much you'll earn, not the number of certificates hanging on your office wall.

But, and here's the BIGGEST LESSON and it's one that, in my humble opinion, ought to be drummed into the very souls of
every marketing intern, graduate, and MBA student: in the long run, you'll earn your salary because you're worth it, and because you work for it.

Why? Because in reality, no one owes you a damned thing.

The concept of "work" can mean your sweat, your ideas, your opinions, your theories, whatever.

It does not have to be tied to any baby boomer mentality of earning one's keep. But it WILL involve some degree of effort, participation, commitment, thought, contribution, or value on
your part.

It is an essential rule of commerce and economics: when one makes one's self valuable, one becomes valued. And if one is fortunate, one is paid accordingly.

Motto: the effort goes in first, then the value is created, and from that comes the recompense.

I hope this helps.

Gary Bloomer
Wilmington, DE, USA