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> The fact is that a candidate who spent two years getting an MBA is at a disadvantage relative to people who spent those two years doing more useful things (e.
by Anderkent 13y ago
> The fact is that a candidate who spent two years getting an MBA is at a disadvantage relative to people who spent those two years doing more useful things (e.g. getting an engineering masters, or getting real world startup experience).
But then the MBA is not a negative signal, it's just not as strong a positive signal as two years of relevant experience.
The MBA is only a negative signal if between two people who are exactly the same except for one of them getting an MBA 'on the side', you'd pick the one without.
- argonaut 13y agoI suppose Dalton could have worded it better, but technically, "lack of positive" is just as bad as "negative." The problem with how people think of opportunity costs is that they don't perceive them as a negative cost, when in fact they have the same effect as negative costs.