Which is more impressive: a master's degree or having a book published?

I have a MS... that being said... play the numbers.


Most people dont have a ms, nor a book published, so theyre impressed by either.


If you avoid sciences, a MS is rather easy to get, go for the MS unless your book is already written... of course you could just self publish lol.

masters degree , anyone can get a book published if you got the scratch

Given the decline in educational standards and proliferation of courses of dubious rigor then it's possible to say that anyone can get a masters degree these days, but not everyone can get a book published.

I would say that having a book published would be more impressive. Having knowledge is great, but I know many people who are well educated and don't do very well in the "real world". If one his their work published it indicates that he is able to transfer his knowledge into a marketable skill.

book published.. no question. masters aint shit really

Master's Degree for most professions is totally unnecessary and a waste of $.

True, anyone can get a book self-published if they have the scratch. To legitimately get a book published is still pretty impressive. But of course, who reads books today?

Hmm, well it just takes one opinion or a handful of opinions to get a book published. Earning a masters takes years of dedication and hard work... that being said, though, I myself tend to feel more impressed by someone who has had a book published. I guess it seems more glamorous.

To the person who said "Who reads books anymore" ME!!! And lots of people I know actually. There are still some of us who are Kindle-free and trying to keep it that way :)

Or get an article published. Still kind of impressive, but a lot less work than a book!

I have a wacky article published, kind of impresses some people. Took me maybe 30-40 hrs in total to write.

It is easy to self publish.

Go to Barnes and Noble and get the Pubit software and you can publish just about any nonsense you might come up with.

Having said that, our president is an example of someone who used a "ghost writer" named Bill Ayers and had some rich Muslim pay his way through college so in his case neither his education or his book is worth a bucket of warm spit.

Now I am impressed with myself via the opinions of 5 other people! Lol! I got a book published! Thanks for the day's vanity boost:-)

Done both.

Done both two times.

No biggie, either one.


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IT DEPENDS ON THE BOOK.

Masters degree far out weigghs a published book in the US... take a trip to the book store and see for yourself, low level writers, bad grammar, no detailed writing, hardly any good books anymore.

Book for sure, as an employer I now regard university degrees as toilet paper.

Masters

Agree!