re: Construction Management redux.....

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By working in the field he means being on an actual commercial or industrial job site. You will probably not be swinging a hammer unless you go to work for a subcontractor. You will be tasked with doing whatever the superintendent or field operations manager needs you to do. You may be taking pictures and marking up drawings, shadowing a superintendent, etc. Being in the field gives you a good opportunity to learn how a project is built from the ground up and to experience some of the challenges that projects encounter.

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This. All of this.

10 years in here. First 3 years out of school were spent out in the field. Field experience for project managers is an absolute must. You've got to learn how things work on a job site, and the nomenclature of construction before you can written contracts and put together schedules. To this day I still spend 2 days a week in the field.

I really haven't encountered any situation where having a graduate degree would benefit me. Hell I don't know if I'd take a potential employer seriously if they were worried about my education at this point in my career.