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To me the "value" of an MBA is as I sit around the Principal PM, Director of Product region with 15-20 years under my belt and contemplate rounding myself out f
by FireBeyond 3y ago
To me the "value" of an MBA is as I sit around the Principal PM, Director of Product region with 15-20 years under my belt and contemplate rounding myself out for a VP, CTO/CIO role (these are a little orthogonal, but I also have a substantial engineering and SRE background).
That's balancing things out, getting a better grasp of corporate leadership knowledge (in the sense of finances, accounting, corporate structure, legal).
There's a large difference between that and the "high school to college to MBA to Big 4 to management" pipeline, which is being looked at with a lot more skepticism at least, if not cynicism.
- youngtaff 3y agoYeh, that’s my view too… I did an MBA in my 30’s after being a CTO of a company for a few years (parent company closed us down after 9/11). For me an MBA rounded out some of the gaps in my experience and knowledge and re-enforced the concept of being able to hold to contradictory ideas in my head and evaluate them In Europe most MBAs are people who’re mid career and already have business experience
- FireBeyond 3y agoI think it's also a good litmus test for the MBA program itself. Several won't even let you apply without experience, and to me that shows a focus more on business concepts and knowledge, versus, "this is a networking program".