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Not by choice exactly I’ve done College -> Work -> Work/College -> Professional Job. The first 6 months of my “real” career job in tech I learned almost as muc

by wil421 7y ago

Not by choice exactly I’ve done College -> Work -> Work/College -> Professional Job. The first 6 months of my “real” career job in tech I learned almost as much as the first 2 years of college. I couldn’t imagine having a masters especially an MBA without having worked professionally, internships aside. I’m excluding the medical professions where the minimum to employment is a masters/doctorate. Even non-doctors have a lot of clinical/hospital experience before/during a masters. I’m about to start looking at Masters or MBA programs in my area. I’ll have almost 10 years of experience by then and happy I didn’t do it straight after school.

lotsofpulp 7y ago
The good MBA programs basically require professional work experience at a reputable firm. Generally, you graduate perhaps at age 21 to 23, then work for a few years, then go get an MBA, and finish around 26 to 28. Edit: See Wharton class stats, shows a mean work experience of 5 years. https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/class-profile/ https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/class-profile/ MIT/Harvard/Stanford show similar: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions/class-2020-profile https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions/class-2020-profile https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/class-profile/Pages/default.aspx https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/class-profile/Pages/defau... https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/admission/class-profile https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/admission/class-pr...
- duxup 7y ago
  That makes a lot of sense. I worked with an MBA who couldn't seem to iron his shirts (or just didn't) for a while. Slowly his job duties were shifted to me... the guy he was supposedly help manage after he proved he couldn't figure out scheduling a 24/7 schedule. He clearly had no experience beyond school and some internships.
  - lotsofpulp 7y ago
    I would actually assume someone with an MBA without professional work experience either couldn't get a (decent) job, and/or is not smart enough to research the difference between an MBA that's worth something vs another excuse for schools to make money.
    - duxup 7y ago
      Yeah this was during the height (well as far as advertising goes) of the situation where everyone was offering MBAs in every form. Like this guy couldn't manage a taco bell... maybe that should be the barrier to entry, to get into class you have to manage a taco bell for a time....
      - kjs3 7y ago
        Actually, that's a really good idea. Funny enough, many years ago I had a very aggressive candidate for a mid-level technical development manager position who was insistent that his newly minted, no computer experience required, MSCE certificate or some such plus his handful of years managing a Pizza Hut qualified him for the job, because "a good manager can manage anything". I disagreed he was right for the job.

by wil421 7y ago

lotsofpulp 7y ago

The good MBA programs basically require professional work experience at a reputable firm. Generally, you graduate perhaps at age 21 to 23, then work for a few years, then go get an MBA, and finish around 26 to 28. Edit: See Wharton class stats, shows a mean work experience of 5 years. https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/class-profile/ https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/class-profile/ MIT/Harvard/Stanford show similar: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions/class-2020-profile https://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/admissions/class-2020-profile https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/class-profile/Pages/default.aspx https://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/class-profile/Pages/defau... https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/admission/class-profile https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/admission/class-pr...

duxup 7y ago
That makes a lot of sense. I worked with an MBA who couldn't seem to iron his shirts (or just didn't) for a while. Slowly his job duties were shifted to me... the guy he was supposedly help manage after he proved he couldn't figure out scheduling a 24/7 schedule. He clearly had no experience beyond school and some internships.
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  I would actually assume someone with an MBA without professional work experience either couldn't get a (decent) job, and/or is not smart enough to research the difference between an MBA that's worth something vs another excuse for schools to make money.
  - duxup 7y ago
    Yeah this was during the height (well as far as advertising goes) of the situation where everyone was offering MBAs in every form. Like this guy couldn't manage a taco bell... maybe that should be the barrier to entry, to get into class you have to manage a taco bell for a time....
    - kjs3 7y ago
      Actually, that's a really good idea. Funny enough, many years ago I had a very aggressive candidate for a mid-level technical development manager position who was insistent that his newly minted, no computer experience required, MSCE certificate or some such plus his handful of years managing a Pizza Hut qualified him for the job, because "a good manager can manage anything". I disagreed he was right for the job.