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As much hate as there is for MBAs and managers on Hackernews, the people who actually learn to manage well, as in, build teams with the potential for high perfo
by lazerpants 5y ago
As much hate as there is for MBAs and managers on Hackernews, the people who actually learn to manage well, as in, build teams with the potential for high performance and motivate them to perform, are nearly priceless for the reasons you've listed.
Note: obviously some people learn this without formal training, but to some extent it is a teachable skill that one can pursue in business school
- muttled 5y agoI'm in IT but my MBA taught me a whole bunch of random useful things in business. Things like how to have difficult conversations, how to negotiate, how to do cost benefit analysis' for every applicable situation, how to interpret the numbers from statistical analysis, how to make decisions that involve a lot of stakeholders. Skills you can learn on the go, but it's just super useful when curated, peer-reviewed methods are spoon fed to you.