Re:What Happened to the Thiel Fellows
by maverick_iceman on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @01:52PM
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I'm curious why you would do an MBA if not for career advancement. I can see someone going back to school to study something like mathematics/literature because they love the subject but not MBA.
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Re:What Happened to the Thiel Fellows
by throwaway2016a on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @02:09PM
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> I can see someone going back to school to study something like mathematics/literature because they love the subject but not
I happen to like business! Kind of like if I decided to go into Medieval Literature. That fact an MBA is useful to my career is second to that I enjoy it.
With that said, if it does help me grow my next company larger without having to hire a CEO, or if it gets me a CTO job at a fortune 100, just a nice bonus.
Also, a lot of MBAs are a little smug when they talk to Software Engineers. Like "You need me." It would be nice to throw that back at them. Granted I know us Software Engineer throw it the other way just as often. Every technical founder things they don't need a business founder. And every business founder thinks they can outsource the job of technical founder.