I’m an electrical engineer so obviously needed my degree for my job and professional status however don’t really use anything I learned in school. For example the instrumentation course I took at UofC was focused on medical instruments and has little to no relevance with my job in fuel distribution. University taught me some fundamentals and soft skills like team work, meeting deadlines, and working under pressure but everything technical is from work experience. In fact I always felt that my undergrad degree was more focused on preparing for grad school than for a career.
I am interested in everyone’s thoughts on the value of an MBA. I’ve thought about it as a way to help me climb the corporate ladder but don’t want to go back to school. Are there tangible benefits that could not be picked up from work experience or is the real benefit more from padding the resume and gaining connections?
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