Comments on: Should You Do An MBA?

By: Les Lauriers de Magnot

Les Lauriers de Magnot — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:11:14 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this very interesting post.
If I understood well, you performed a Master of Science (technology oriented) and further on you performed an MBA.

The conclusions of your post lead to a career growth, either in short or long term. Is or was it the case?

Thanks in advance.

By: Brendon J. Wilson

Brendon J. Wilson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:16:40 +0000

As I mentioned in the article, the MBA isn’t especially useful for those who already have an undergraduate business degree. It’s simply more of the same, and likely in less depth than you received in your undergrad.

By: vipin agarwal

vipin agarwal — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:43:36 +0000

Hey Brendon,
I have done graduation in BBA and i am confused to do MBA as many people suggest its scope is less now a days ? this degree is not worthwhile?
My second question is -Is MBA is valuable only if you have other professional degress for eg Enginering or CA ,CS ?

What if one want to do only MBA?
Pls reply soon waiting for your reply

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:59:13 +0000

Ironic that his first point of advice was the use of proper English. Then 95% of the posters went on to torture us with brutal punctuation, spelling, grammar, and SMS speak.

By: Brendon J. Wilson

Brendon J. Wilson — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:50:37 +0000

You shouldn’t be running away from something – you should be running towards something. Figure out what you want first, then take action.

By: Manish

Manish — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:11:05 +0000

Brendon,

I have been working with an IT firm for the last 2.5 years. I am also confused whether to go for an MBA degree or not. The work I do doesn’t interest me anymore. So I thought of MBA as a run-away-from-your-job option. But I am not sure whether it would be appropriate. How can I be sure about the direction I should choose ?
I want to enjoy what I do otherwise, according to me, it is worthless. Afterall we all are here to enjoy the life bestowed upon us and not suffer besause of our jobs.

By: Ram

Ram — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:41:08 +0000

Brendon,

Nicely expressed. Mostly everyone already knows what you said in here, but people want some one to reinforce their thoughts, that’s the way they find their support. I don’t think MBA would really help such people. It is not a bad thing.

Some people are suitable for certain positions, everyone can’t be a manager. If you are happy with what you do, you should probably continue doing it. If you are not happy doing your job, most probably you won’t be happy even withan MBA degree. MBA is just a stepping stone which opens up few gates for you. Only if you have the burning ambition and fire in you to achieve something and have a concrete plan for yourself on what you want to do few years down the lone should you take the step of MBA.

P.S: the author must be quite surprised by the no. of strange names in the comments section. Almost 90% of the comments are from Indians. Ha ha ha. LMAO

By: gifty

gifty — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:29:35 +0000

Hello..I am 48 and thinking of doing an MBA. Is it still worth doing MBA at my age. I work in a very small position in my office and I am hoping it will give me edge over the others. Any advices_ I have to do Distance Learning and while working full time.

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:08:17 +0000

Hi Brendon,

Thank you for your very insightful and thought provoking opinions.

What follows are my opinions and thoughts (for what they’re worth).

I am a doctor and I am currently working towards my MBA. In my experience, and this is perhaps due to my age (I’m 30), going from a highly technical and specialized field to something as general as an MBA is challenging. This is something that prospective students need to consider, especially those seeking to transition from a technical background.

I agree that the MBA is basically a piece of paper, and there are some in my cohort who are there purely for the testamur (mostly highly experienced managers). There is very little you’ll learn during an MBA that you can’t learn from one of the many management books available at your local Borders or B&N. In fact if you’re not in business school, chances are you can take the ideas from these books and implement them in your business sooner.

For the record, despite what I’ve said, I would have no hesitation in recommending an MBA to someone, provided they know why they want to undertake the course of study.

By: Rahi

Rahi — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:06:38 +0000

“Do something new: When choosing a specialization in your MBA (if there is such a thing in the program you attend), try doing something with little or nothing to do with your undergraduate degree or work experience. Why pay for what you already know? If you’re a technologist, avoid IT or “e-Business” specializations. Nobody likes paying $20K just to learn HTML. This goes double for those with a commerce or business undergrad degee (in fact, those with such a degree should probably avoid the MBA altogether – nothing new to see here, move along).”

Thanks for pointing this out, i must say, that this is a totally new view that i have across… everywhere people were like, ‘one must choose a spec by one’s undergrad background’ !