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This is quite inaccurate. There exist jobs for which the above are true, but not most. If you're concerned about learning... Sure, but it'll be completely di
by wheels 19y ago
This is quite inaccurate. There exist jobs for which the above are true, but not most.
If you're concerned about learning... Sure, but it'll be completely different stuff.
If you're concerned about having a mentor... Or not. Real leaders in the corporate world are rare.
If you're concerned about money... Not really. If you've worked and then go back and got an MBA you come back at mid-management.
I'm hardly a cheerleader for MBAs, but the stuff that you've written here is a little too typical, "hacker with a chip on his shoulder". I've seen a lot of people learn good stuff in MBA programs and I've seen more waste their time. It's not one size fits all.
- edw519 19y ago"This is quite inaccurate." Maybe for someone, but not for me. "it'll be completely different stuff" Exactly. That's my whole point. Some things I learned in my MBA program, like the time value of money, were at best, easily gleaned from dozens of books at Borders. Other things, like marketing strategies and case studies, were just wrong and counterproductive. Nothing valuable I ever learned on the job was even on the business school's radar. "Real leaders in the corporate world are rare." True. And much rarer in academia. "If you've worked and then go back and got an MBA you come back at mid-management." So what? Been there, done that. As an experienced hacker, I don't remember the last time I had a mid-manager who earned more than I do. They are easily expendible. I am on the critical path. "hacker with a chip on his shoulder" No, just one who loves what he does and has seen the light. If you can hack, don't make the same mistake I did. Forget the MBA and get better at hacking by hacking.