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Thinking of degree requirement and looking at the corporate monolith I work for it seems JDs are the thing to get if you ever hope to break into the executive ranks, I think over half of our execs have them. PhDs on the other hand, seem to fill very specialized niches, most of which are rather fickle in their funding, so that those positions vanish quickly in restructuring. Masters, usually come in the form of MBA, and if you have something else, usually and MBA is still what's desired. But most of the MBAs I know acquired their degree while working - sort of an adjunct corporate training program.

Project Management certification seems to be the rage at the moment, but I've witnessed several conflicts in which the certified project manager (whose certification is required) takes a project to task for not following the appropriate pre-project work. They usually get replaced by someone who "can get the job done" - often not a certified project manager.