Degree Tiers

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Studious, Jan 21, 2025.

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  1. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I see people list doctorates and MBAs in the US, but I gather that listing the whole shebang is viewed as pretentious.
     
  2. Studious

    Studious Member

    Pretentious? Maybe. Funny? Definitely. I say list 'em all!

    Being surrounded on this forum (and its sister forum) by several posters who hold multiple degrees just got me to thinking. I once worked at a place where people placed their bachelor's degrees in their signatures. I think the world is on that trajectory, and I'm climbing aboard that ship.

    Studious One, MBA, MPA, MPH, MS, MA, MEd

    Meanwhile, I still don't know which of my imaginary master's degrees should be listed first. I finally decided on the MBA ... because I'm all business. :)
     
  3. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Captain Doctor Rich Douglas, AA, AAS, BA, BSc, MBA, PhD, DSocSci, CPTD, PCC (and soon a couple of others). It would be exhausting.

    I have none of it in my LinkedIn moniker.

    But Lerner's right. It depends on the society and the setting. And even within those there is quite a bit of variance.
     
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  4. SnafuRacer

    SnafuRacer Active Member

    I have a friend who would put the whole shebang on her LinkedIn: Nicole D, PhD (followed by about 10 HR certs like SHRM and so on). I checked earlier, and I guess 2025 is the start of a new phase, where she's just Nicole PhD lol
     
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  5. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I will say, though, that I wish LinkedIn supported pre-nomials and post-nomials rather than make people tack them onto their first and last names.
     
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  6. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    I agree. Putting them on your actual LinkedIn user name is a bit...much. Especially when the LinkedIn user name begins with "Dr So-and-so...."

    Another place I removed them from is the top of my resume. They're listed under other sections, of course, but just my name at the top. Not that I use my resume anymore. For anything. Ever.
     
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  7. Stanislav

    Stanislav Well-Known Member

    Yes, sometimes you adapt to conventions around you. It's like how TV actress Theodora Greece is actually Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark.
     
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  8. Dustin

    Dustin Well-Known Member

    Its nice to be able to tell bots from real people when they message me with "Hello Dustin K" though.
     
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  9. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    I do think one should list degrees only where the list is relevant to the purpose of the communication. A clinical psychologist, for example, should list his Psy.D. in publications as author, on his professional card and in his professional advertisements but nowhere else ever.

    If he has a relevant advanced degree, a masters in whatever Psy.D.s might get a masters in, it too should be listed.

    No others degrees should be listed.

    The one exception I make is that I don't think a lawyer should list any degrees ever. That's plain cussed old fashioned prejudice but there it is. It's also the usual practice in law.

    Yes, I know I list my LL.M. in my signature line but I put it there as a lark and the Legendary Levicoff said he liked it. So there it remains.
     
  10. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    Eh. I removed it.
     
  11. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Why? The appropriateness of listing them depends on the situation, and this forum is a unique situation in which it's entirely appropriate.
     
  12. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    Oh, my opinion about self aggrandizement is unpopular enough without carving out an exception.
     

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