Ask HN: Graduate school while running a company?
Have any founders here simultaneously pursued a higher degree? If so, did you feel each pursuit diminished your experience of the other, or did you find a way to pursue both satisfactorily?
My general opinion is to be skeptical of grad school. I got a masters and it didn't do anything for me. I feel like it was a waste of time. In our field, hands on experience is more important than degrees. Most of the positions that do require grad degrees are usually requiring PhDs to work with AI models.
I learned a lot, but I definitely didn't get the full experience. One of my classes was during the day, so I didn't go. I made that up with individual tutoring during weeknights.
It might be different if your research has to do with your company. It seem a lot of universities have startups connected to research groups.