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Originally Posted by timun
Sure you can; I blundered my way through an engineering degree. 
In my opinion an MBA is something your employer pays you to get if they're grooming you for a senior leadership position. I've had a handful of CVs cross my desk in the last couple years where the candidate got an MBA right after their bachelor's degree and it screams "I couldn't get a job when I graduated so mummy and daddy paid for me to stay in school for another couple years in the hopes the job market would be better." Between a candidate with an MBA and a candidate with a couple years of work experience I'll favour the latter every single time. |
Yeah, but you got into engineering from the get go. The kids I was chatting to were wondering what to take or whether to take a year off. I assume they aren't the ones with the 80+ average to get in. BComm I think was slightly lower in the 70s to get in?
And I meant blunder as in a degree you could blunder your way through to a solid job opportunity on the other side.
Agreed about the grooming part, but there are those who do the MBA of their own volition for seemingly confusing reasons. The ones that are more odd are individuals who are designated and have an MBA as well. I had some friends who were offered by their employer either MBA or a designation, never both. But I've met a few CPA + MBA and CFA + MBA and I'm kinda confused why they'd do that. Typically you'd accomplish a very similar education in CPA and CFA to MBA, no?
I assumed at first it was maybe MBA first then designation so that they could sign off on certain things and be accredited to do certain things. But when I asked, it was... nope. Other way around. MBA obtained after designation. WTF why?