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The most important problem I find with MBAs (or wanna be) is intrinsic motivation. I often wonder why a person would ever want to just “manage” things without a
by sytelus 5y ago
The most important problem I find with MBAs (or wanna be) is intrinsic motivation. I often wonder why a person would ever want to just “manage” things without actually knowing things or create things? Why one would find themselves entitled to lead without actually having vision or skills? It occurs to me that people who wants to be MBA have a singular goal of making money at any cost and just become rich. It’s basically seems to be anti-thesis of being artist, hacker, engineer, scientist, doctor, teacher, and other creatives, for whom making money is likely secondary goal, if at all. I suppose this might be root cause of why MBAs are virtually despised so universally, especially on HN.
- novok 5y agoSometimes, when you want to make something great, you cannot just be one person doing it, you need a team. You can often be a very creative person who implements their vision via a large group of people. It's essentially what a startup founder is. Many famous movie directors are similar also. Why can't someone be the same as a manager too? When managers get rated at their annual perf review, vision is one of the things you are rated at.