Anyone here have an MBA?

[Grumpy Old Man]

a buddy of mine went from undergrad at IUP to Pitt's 11 month accelerated MBA and then directly to wall street. . .about 6 months in he got a seat on the gold exchange and then went up from there. . .10 years or so ago he started his own firm. . .now he makes a millon+ a year. . .so the answer to that question is NO. . .

When you have an MBA you have skill sets that are not available to the non MBA's My CFO has one from Wharton Business school, he is the bean counter, mine is from Pepperdine I am the problem solver. Now if you have ability you can do well but the sheep skin helps a lot.

If they are a dime a dozen then why don't they all have them? Well at 30k a year plus they are like an entry level bankers yearly salary.

I will be happy to tell anyone why this degree is important.

 

[digimon7068]

When you have an MBS you have skill sets that are not available to the non MBA's My CFO has one from Wharton Business school, he is the bean counter, mine is from Pepperdine I am the problem solver. Now if you have ability you can do well but the sheep skin helps a lot.

If they are a dime a dozen then why don't they all have them? Well at 30k a year plus they are like an entry level bankers yearly salary.

I will be happy to tell anyone why this degree is important.

all i'm saying is there's no general rule. . .obviously my buddy joe could walk-the-walk too. . .

 

[Bikini Mod]

all i'm saying is there's no general rule. . .obviously my buddy joe could walk-the-walk too. . .

I believe that is the general consensus of those that posted in the thread who have *a little* bit of experience.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

all i'm saying is there's no general rule. . .obviously my buddy joe could walk-the-walk too. . .

You are exactly correct! I have people that worked for me with MBA's they have the skills of a hamster, but they can really count.

 

[digimon7068]

You are exactly correct! I have people that worked for me with MBA's they have the skills of a hamster, but they can really count.

that's why the "git'er done!" guy makes more than both of us. . .and my buddy joe too. . .

 

[Varga]

I got 2 more classes to finish my MBA,and i def learned a lot of crap I did not know nor had much clue about. At least now even if I don't know how to go about doing something in business I know where and what to look at to get informed.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

that's why the "git'er done!" guy makes more than both of us. . .and my buddy joe too. . .

Well remember I have had a Pepperdine MBS since 1976. I almost make $1200 a month now, maybe when I get promoted I can get to the next level.

 

[-SD-]

Well remember I have had a Pepperdine MBS since 1976. I almost make $1200 a month now, maybe when I get promoted I can get to the next level.

McDonalds does have a manager trainee program bruh. But thats not bad for working the drive through.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

McDonalds does have a manager trainee program bruh. But thats not bad for working the drive through.

I supersize everyone!

6th grade was the hardest 4 years of my life, I had to take my drivers test and go to school. The good thing was that I was old enough to drink.

 

[mrplunkey]

I got 2 more classes to finish my MBA,and i def learned a lot of crap I did not know nor had much clue about. At least now even if I don't know how to go about doing something in business I know where and what to look at to get informed.

That brings-up another point I forgot to mention. What's funny about MBA programs is that the majority of students play into skills they already have. A lot of the work is group-based projects and sure enough, when there's an analytical task the finance guys and engineers jump all over it. When there's a soft skill set involved (i.e. Organizational Management or Marketing problem), the qualitative guys jump in. I'd recommend that anyone getting an MBA specifically work on things that are farthest from their current skills -- they'll get much more out of it.