Question for youz guys/gals who got their Masters in business/accounting/finance

[mrplunkey]

On a marginally related note... wasn't Jon doing something in currency trading?

 

[jackangel]

the ones who completely bomb their job interviews and have zero interpersonal skills i often find.

good thing this doesn't apply to samoth. he's the friendliest android i've ever talked to.

 

[samoth]

lol @ the notion that not getting into a top 20 MBA program is a waste of time.

For 2 (FT) to 4-5 (PT) years and six figures for a degree that's one of the most common and not-that-difficult ones out there? Yep. I'm up for a debate on this if you want -- I'm looking at the same choices you are.

I love ya bro and i appreciate the input, but sometimes you're such a rankings whore with schools, its a little ridiculous. Most of the people who are so wrapped up into that are the ones who completely bomb their job interviews and have zero interpersonal skills i often find.

Really, I'm not. This is just prestige whoring I read on admissions boards from people with way better credentials and jobs than us who have difficulties.

First of all, at the end of the day, i'll most likely be an entrepreneur when all is said and done. an MBA is just one more credential/source of knowledge that will allow me to do what I ultimately want to do. Not only a good source of networking, but a solid background if i ever wanted to acquire VC funding.

Entrepreneur? An MBA is worthless there. You think VC firms are handing out hundreds of millions to run-of-the-mill MBAs? You're eating up the university advertising stuff a bit too much, man. MBAs and JDs are more often than not cash cows that universities use to subsidize other programs. If you want networking, that's where rankings matter more than anything.

The notion that recruiters or interviewers will start microanalyzing resumes based SOLELY on who went to a marginally better grad school than another is absurd. At the end of the day, people hire people, not resumes. Recruiters aren't as narrowly scoped as *you* are. Maybe the top couple of firms in a certain industry, or maybe in your field, science related...it IS a big deal. But business is a totally different beast.

You make it sound like a science. It's not. there's certain parameters obviously, but in most cases beyond the norm, it's subjective. The idea you have to fit this "mold" is laughable.

A "mold" is exactly what the corporate world is; ignore it at your own peril.

If you really think someone with a UPhenonix MBA who "Excelled at P&L at McDonalds" is on the same level as someone with an MBB resume and Stern or Booth, then I really don't know what to say.

I posed objective questions, none of which you addressed. I'm not sure why you're poast was so defensive -- you should have very clear goals and a narrow focus, not an abstract image of being an entrepreneur with VC getting thrown at you.

What will this get you that you cannot achieve yourself after x years?

What is the opportunity cost?

Is the degree a necessary barrier to entry for your target?

Is this something that might be viewed as an attempt to compensate for a lacking elsewhere on your resume?


I don't care what you post here dood, but you really have to attack these questions internally when making a decision like this. There's a lot of people out there with expensive degrees doing nothing for them except compounding interest.

 

[puddlemonkey]

 

[puddlemonkey]

You look like a Bayardo Miguel, just print that shit out.

 

[chris302001]

For 2 (FT) to 4-5 (PT) years and six figures for a degree that's one of the most common and not-that-difficult ones out there? Yep. I'm up for a debate on this if you want -- I'm looking at the same choices you are.



Really, I'm not. This is just prestige whoring I read on admissions boards from people with way better credentials and jobs than us who have difficulties.



Entrepreneur? An MBA is worthless there. You think VC firms are handing out hundreds of millions to run-of-the-mill MBAs? You're eating up the university advertising stuff a bit too much, man. MBAs and JDs are more often than not cash cows that universities use to subsidize other programs. If you want networking, that's where rankings matter more than anything.



A "mold" is exactly what the corporate world is; ignore it at your own peril.

If you really think someone with a UPhenonix MBA who "Excelled at P&L at McDonalds" is on the same level as someone with an MBB resume and Stern or Booth, then I really don't know what to say.

I posed objective questions, none of which you addressed. I'm not sure why you're poast was so defensive -- you should have very clear goals and a narrow focus, not an abstract image of being an entrepreneur with VC getting thrown at you.

What will this get you that you cannot achieve yourself after x years?

What is the opportunity cost?

Is the degree a necessary barrier to entry for your target?

Is this something that might be viewed as an attempt to compensate for a lacking elsewhere on your resume?


I don't care what you post here dood, but you really have to attack these questions internally when making a decision like this. There's a lot of people out there with expensive degrees doing nothing for them except compounding interest.

You're still pissed about facebook, aren't you?

 

[samoth]

You're still pissed about facebook, aren't you?

lol

 

[calveless wonder]

You're still pissed about facebook, aren't you?

lmfao

 

[-SD-]

On a marginally related note... wasn't Jon doing something in currency trading?

Him and Wulf lost mine and everyone elses asses with that.

 

[puddlemonkey]

Him and Wulf lost mine and everyone elses asses with that.

that blows