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Is an MBA really worth it?
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:07 pm
Seems pointless. Like a business major. You couldn't pay me to sit in a business class.
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Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:08 pm to rebel cat
Well, there's always basket weaving for you intellectual types.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:10 pm to rebel cat
Probably at one time but seeing as you can buy/get one on line in a weekend, I doubt it is anymore
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:10 pm to rebel cat
Depends on the MBA and your earnings. It would do nothing to help me income wise so not much.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:12 pm to rebel cat
I learned quite a bit.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:13 pm to rebel cat
If you can get into a top tier program yes.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:15 pm to jimbeam
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If you can get into a top tier program yes.
University of Phoenix is top 5 IMO.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:19 pm to rebel cat
MBAs are so 90’s
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:23 pm to rebel cat
Only if your company is paying for it. Out of pocket at these costs? You better have a very clearly outlined career growth plan with it
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:23 pm to rebel cat
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Seems pointless. Like a business major. You couldn't pay me to sit in a business class.
It used to be a way to get a competitive advantage in the engineering professions…seems to not be done so much anymore. I can’t say my career would have gone any different at all with an MBA.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:27 pm to rebel cat
Only worth it if it’s from one of about 5 schools.
Wharton (UPenn) Kellog (Northwestern) Sloan (MIT) Booth (Chicago) Harvard Stanford.
Wharton (UPenn) Kellog (Northwestern) Sloan (MIT) Booth (Chicago) Harvard Stanford.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 4:38 pm to Eighteen
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only if company paying for it
This 100%
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:00 pm to rebel cat
It really depends on your situation. If you have experience in a particular field, and have a path into upper management it’s worth it. But if you are a fresh grad, probably not.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:08 pm to rebel cat
As pointless as a marketing degree.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:09 pm to rebel cat
If you're like in your 30s and your company will pay for it as a way to advance up the ladder...sure.
If you're just doing it separately on your own...probably not.
If you're just doing it separately on your own...probably not.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:10 pm to rebel cat
From my experience these masters programs are what you make them. I did a professional cohort where we came to campus once a month. It fit perfectly with my life at the time and I was going for the right reasons. Really really enjoyed it and regardless of job/pay I came out of it a better person and more disciplined. But their were some in my cohort that were just getting a degree. They really didn’t need it and were still sort of figuring out what they wanted to do with life. They would party pretty hard on the campus weekends and were basically still in college mode. Nothing wrong with that but it wasn’t for me.
Hope that’s helpful.
Hope that’s helpful.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:24 pm to rebel cat
Depends on how you use it. No one likes doing endless SWOT analysis, five forces, or any of the other seemingly useless tools that MBA's often try to push.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:32 pm to jdd48
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endless SWOT analysis, five forces, or any of the other seemingly useless tools that MBA's often try to push.
If you’re going into a unfulfilling job where this shite is prevalent, yeah probably.
If you’re going into a field where being a normal human with real world problem prevention and solving skills are recognized and rewarded, no it’s not.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:34 pm to rebel cat
I joined a career development call at my company and it actually wasn’t bad talk but at first this lady was so condescending.
“So I graduated and I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. So I joined “teach for America” for a couple of years. And then I still didn’t know what I wanted to do. So I though about grad school. And after looking around, I decided Harvard mba would be the place for me. and you know, I had a hard 2nd year and I only got one internship done. So I had to settle with Mckenzie as my first job.”
All the while talking to people who make less than half what she did for her job she settled for.
Anyway, she said take into account corporate culture. Some corporations value it because they see it as you having a certain level of genereal knowledge about business that is just lacking in undergrad business majors.
Seriously, we have finance majors come in from good business schools asking “what’s an option.”
“So I graduated and I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. So I joined “teach for America” for a couple of years. And then I still didn’t know what I wanted to do. So I though about grad school. And after looking around, I decided Harvard mba would be the place for me. and you know, I had a hard 2nd year and I only got one internship done. So I had to settle with Mckenzie as my first job.”
All the while talking to people who make less than half what she did for her job she settled for.
Anyway, she said take into account corporate culture. Some corporations value it because they see it as you having a certain level of genereal knowledge about business that is just lacking in undergrad business majors.
Seriously, we have finance majors come in from good business schools asking “what’s an option.”
Posted on 9/5/21 at 5:35 pm to jdd48
Most big companies have their own training programs, and can be used as an alternative to going get an MBA if all you’re trying to do is move up within the company. Once you move up and have the experience, it’ll be easier to get a job away from your current company.
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