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There are plenty of "soft skills" and it is good to have some academic work done in management, ops, marketing, finance, etc. However, this does not necessaril
by TDL 15y ago
There are plenty of "soft skills" and it is good to have some academic work done in management, ops, marketing, finance, etc. However, this does not necessarily mean that this knowledge & these skills can't be acquired either on the job or through proper mentoring.
I'm not bashing my degree necessarily, it's just that there are too many MBAs @ the moment. In the end, if you are interested in management you can do better by reading Drucker than attending management courses, or read Porter & Ansoff (side note: Igor Ansoff is great example of what I am babbling about) if you are interested in marketing, etc.
- msellout 15y agoBe careful. I once thought that the MBA degree was worthless, too. However I recently found that a friend of mine is earning 30% more than me at the same job, same company, because she has an MBA and I chose to get an MS Economics. We were both hired directly out of grad school with comparable work experience. Whether or not the MBA teaches you anything, businesses still believe it does.
- TDL 15y agoAgreed and a good point. Not worthless, just not worth as much as it once was. Simple supply & demand, same problem w/ JDs at the moment. Credentials still have market value.