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Does the idea of more debt excite you? In my opinion, it's too costly, and not a good return on your investment. The things you'd learn from an MBA track can b
by akulbe 10y ago
Does the idea of more debt excite you? In my opinion, it's too costly, and not a good return on your investment.
The things you'd learn from an MBA track can be learned from books, much more cheaply.
I'd start with "The Personal MBA" by Josh Kaufman. He's got several other books in there that he recommends.
- tedmiston 10y agoCame here to recommend the same book. I've also sat in on a couple MBA courses on leadership and management. One thing you miss out on in this book is that level of critical analysis and discussion about real problems from real businesses in the news. Case studies are useful too, but I enjoy the very fresh stuff more myself. There it was quite interesting to hear the variety perspectives and approaches from how business undergrads going straight to the MBA vs. those with decades of experience in business management. I particularly enjoyed being the oddball engineering undergrad in the room. Josh's book is useful too, but it doesn't hit that level of discussion you have in real MBA classes with dozens of other students IMO.
- akulbe 10y agoTo that, I'd suggest MeetUp groups. There's definitely a way get the same discussion and forego the mountain of tuition debt. ;) I'm much slower to recommend college these days, unless some form of licensure/credentials are required (law, medicine, engineering). I think it was Mark Twain who said something to the effect of "Don't let schooling interfere with your education."
- tedmiston 10y agoMeetups are a great point. Similarly, I wonder if there are any MBA related MOOCs out there with strong discussion forums.
- akulbe 10y agoI think the MOOCs seem the be on the wane. Excellent idea, but not getting as much traction as hoped? At least the MeetUp stuff would cover the face-to-face conversation piece.