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The issue with pointing to things like "the Harvard MBA" is that people who are selected into top tier programs are likely to have done just fine on their own a
by swingbridge 11y ago
The issue with pointing to things like "the Harvard MBA" is that people who are selected into top tier programs are likely to have done just fine on their own anyway... so it's really hard to say that the MBA is why she was successful. I think she was successful because of qualities she already had, not something she learned in business school.
- cheald 11y agoI think the implication may have been that the "Harvard MBA" credentials - not necessarily training - may have been instrumental in her career path. Degrees are filtering mechanisms, and while it may be true that an MBA isn't needed to succeed once you're in the door, it may be harder to get your foot in there in the first place without them.
- rayiner 11y agoThe assumption underlying your point is that Harvard does a good job selecting people who have the qualities to be successful and would be successful anyway. That's probably true. But the catch is that lots of employers make the same assumption, and use the Harvard credential to screen the candidate pool. Which makes total sense if the assumption is true, but also makes it risky to forgo the credential on the reasoning that if you are smart enough to get into Harvard, you'll be successful anyway.