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> As an engineer, I think we need something else. Masters in engineering administration. Teaching engineers how to deal with bs that takes 5 years of career to
by conductr 6y ago
> As an engineer, I think we need something else. Masters in engineering administration. Teaching engineers how to deal with bs that takes 5 years of career to figure out
The "Executive MBA" is trying to fill this void, I believe.
I'm a mid-career corp finance exec that has painstakingly resisted the inertial forces that want me to obtain an MBA. I do not see the value from an investment or knowledge perspective (I went to bschool for undergrad). At this point, my experience and existing network far outweighs what a MBA on my resume would provide however I am intrigued by the EMBA. My hesitation is pulling focus away from what's working for me.
- jbn 6y agoThere are some engineering management (quite the oxymoron...) degrees, see https://www.mempc.org/engineering-management-programs/ https://www.mempc.org/engineering-management-programs/ (full disclosure, I attended one such program also I did not slip onto the dark side!). It's quite funny (or sad, depending on your point of view) that at the same time large companies are desperate to find technical leaders, yet the middle-management layer is filled with MBAs that prevent engineering managers from even existing. There's definitely a glass ceiling there. Some companies have come up with a partial solution to this antagonistic need, they invented the "Product Manager" position (or "PM"), which is a kind of not-so-technical engineering position (who does not and cannot really "manage" anything)... and then filled those positions with technically inept MBAs. Unfortunately, an MBA is a degree in nothing of substance (See Mintzberg), so technical acumen cannot come from the MBA per se.