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Let me guess, you are a UK native MBA holder under 28? Not for nothing, but valuing an MBA higher than, say, a math Ph.D. is a bit insulting to some. MBAs are
by nearestneighbor 17y ago
Let me guess, you are a UK native MBA holder under 28?
Not for nothing, but valuing an MBA higher than, say, a math Ph.D. is a bit insulting to some. MBAs are just taking jobs from other MBAs, really.
Edit: braino
- geebee 17y agoI agree that it's offensive, but it's also honest. If companies are going to pay MBAs more than they pay PhDs, then they should lose their right to claim that there's a "shortage" of PhD's!
- nearestneighbor 17y agoIn my opinion, MBAs are a commodity almost. PhDs may well be unique and irreplaceable (although not all). Note that Google founders were in a PhD track, not MBA.
- geebee 17y agoYer preachin' to the choir dude. But if you look at the starting salaries for MBAs, JDs, and Math PhD's (from top programs), the market signal clearly suggests that lawyers and MBAs are more valuable than PhDs. Personally, I suspect this reflects cartel building and market coercion (lawyers), as well as the reality that finance people can earn large salaries without actually producing any wealth. So personally, I do think that math/sci/engineering folks are often far more valuable than the MBA/JD folks, but I can't get behind any "shortage" argument until their pay reflects this.