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They're blaming immigration and not the economy this time?
by bluedino 7y ago
They're blaming immigration and not the economy this time?
- goatinaboat 7y agoI’d hope it’s because industry has finally seen the harm MBAs do, but I’m not holding my breath
- robohoe 7y agoYou and me both. Anecdotally a lot of seasoned tech folks I talk to say that their experience trumps masters degrees. Only if somebody wants to get into management then they may be see an upside to getting one. Personally during interviews I don’t even look at the school anymore. I’ve seen too many folks with masters degrees that couldn’t properly articulate technical terms or even talk like they have a masters degree.
- shantly 7y agoI've had enough mediocre experiences with MBAs and CS master's graduates alike that either puts me on my guard, these days. Not sure what the deal is with that.
- omarhaneef 7y agoIn the article, "they" are doing both. Historically, when the economy is good US students have tended to defer business school because of the opportunity cost. For the business school, this was not an issue because they had international applicants clamoring for those spots. So you need both -- a switch for domestic applicants (hot job market, tech jobs that don't require an MBA etc), and a dialing down of international applicants (harder to get visas, harder to stay etc).
- phalangion 7y agoMy graduate program (computer-y, not MBA) has seen a huge drop in international applications. That was the large majority of our graduate program, and after 2016 those applications have dropped about 75%.
- mattkrause 7y agoMeanwhile in Canada, international applications to McGill have shot up 50%. The driving factor is pretty obvious....
- mrmuagi 7y ago> The driving factor is pretty obvious.... As a Canadian I am stumped, surely people don't like cold weather :)