tingbadimalo
Thank you for this response.
great analogy. I think the additional challenge is that coding has a clear feedback loop. Management and business does not and therefore most people remain 'junior web devs' and make mistakes throughout their careers.
I did online classes. Read books. Still signed up for an MBA after I realized I didn't have the confidence and needed time to develop in an environment that encourages immersion and discussion of these topics.
Not everyone needs to do this. But those who do, like me, should do an MBA.
However, I don't think that means that it is always flawed reasoning. There are kernels of truth that can be gained.
The challenge is that most of the analysis and synthesized learnings will apply for specific companies and points in time.
BUT, it's the analytical ability and reasoning skills that are important to develop as an MBA and NOT the specific learnings that applied to companies in the past. Any MBA that tells you otherwise is obviously flawed.
To me HN is a great source of 'frontier information' AND associated perspectives that are generally fair but probably biased towards techno-optimism (not necessarily a bad thing).
The comment quality is a huge plus point compared to other communities. I think i could probably get the same news from a variety of sources but the opinions and time taken to create quality comments is staggering and keeps me coming back almost daily as a lurker.