Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
by pm90 on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:25AM
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MBAs are especially terrible fit (I’m talking about median here, folks) because managing highly skilled engineers whose skills are in high enough demand so they can quit and get a better job whenever is not what most of the US economy looks like. Software itself is unlike manufacturing/services and there aren’t widely accepted models on how to best organize software development. A lot of creativity and open mindedness, not to mention the ability to handle failures frequently, is required in the industry.
When they joined a company and realized that their graduate degree was not a guarantee that they'd be at the top of the payscale, they interpreted that as an error in the compensation structure.
The challenge is that many (though not all) MBA programs virtually promote this idea that an MBA is a key to unlocking the highest salaries. MBA program advertising material often implies that an MBA will have huge ROI and greatly increase their compensation. It can be a shock to land at dual-track companies and realize that compensation is a strict ordering according to credentials.