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Even if "firm performance is not predicted by the educational background of the CEOs", it does not follow that an MBA is worthless. To draw a parallel, I work
by kevinventullo 8y ago
Even if "firm performance is not predicted by the educational background of the CEOs", it does not follow that an MBA is worthless.
To draw a parallel, I work with many software engineers both with and without CS degrees, and there seems to be no correlation (or even a slight negative correlation) between performance and those with a degree. That does not mean CS degrees are worthless! It means once you have already selected for folks with a successful career in software, the degree has less predictive capability.
- ghaff 8y agoBingo. If you look at successful people you’re probably going to find a pretty diverse set of backgrounds in addition to the developers with CS majors from top schools. But doesn’t mean that spending your 20s as a ski bum is actually a recommended path for most professional careers—even if it does make for a cool story if you get to the point people are writing magazine articles about you.