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Re:Ask HN: I don't enjoy being a CTO. Now what? by mxuribe on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:19AM (#11894553)
> An MBA provides only one thing: the opportunity to stop doing engineering.

Holy smokes! If your statement is true, then here's me running in the opposite direction of that mba.

+1!

Re:Ask HN: I don't enjoy being a CTO. Now what? by eitally on Monday June 13, 2016 @12:19PM (#11895069)
Think about it: MBAs learn non-engineering skills, so how could it possibly be otherwise. If you get an MBA and continue engineering work, then by definition you're not leveraging your MBA, and vice-versa. That's a huge simplification, of course and I don't completely agree with the OP, but that's the gist of her point.
Re:Ask HN: I don't enjoy being a CTO. Now what? by DelaneyM on Monday June 13, 2016 @12:27PM (#11895135)
There are exceptions to every rule, but I'd say within the context of "jobs at existing large employers of MBAs and/or Engineers" the true intersection of engineer & business is nonexistent.

(There are lots of places where it'd be advantageous to have both skills, but never necessary, which is my underlying thesis.)