^Technically, my degree is an MSF, not an MBA. But nobody knows what an MSF is, so I just say it’s an MBA, because I got tired of people asking, “What the difference?”
I got an MSF because my BSOE (Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education) with a Spanish Studies major was getting me nowhere quick. I don’t think I learned anything in my MSF that I wouldn’t have learned in a good undergrad program.
Plus, if I put “Green Man, MBA” on my business card, it would look douchey. I don’t even put that I’m a CPA. Anybody who needs to know already knows.
Green Man, modest
Agreed, I don’t think there was anything in my MSF that isn’t in undergraduate finance. Level II and Level III blew my MSF out of the water. Maybe as a graduate student you take it a little more serious because you have a little experience and what not. To me the MBA should just disappear. The MBA is definitely nothing but a rehash of undergrad business. However someone with a STEM undergrad and an MBA can be pretty valuable, mostly becuase of their computer and math skills. Other then that, if you have an undergrad business degree, what is the point of doing an MBA?
Because you can “upgrade” your degree. If you went to Akron State College, then you can go to Ohio State’s MBA program and get an “upgrade”. If you went to Ohio State, you can go to Wharton and get an “upgrade”. And certain employers will recruit at those “upgraded” schools.
You don’t learn anything new. You’re the same dumbass you were before you went back and spent $150k on your graduate degree. But now you’re an “upgraded” dumbass with better recruiters chasing you for higher paying jobs.
Being an “upgraded dumbass” as you put it, can be a huge boon. As top recruiters and top firms tend to ONLY recruit at certain schools. Those initial foot-in-the-door opportunities are many that crummy school grads never get a chance to taste, and can radically transform a person’s career trajectory.
Life is largely about timing, and the opportunities that present themself to you. An Einstein born in starving Africa with no access to anything will never see his potential. Paying upfront for access to opportunities isn’t dumb at all.
your reply is obviously biased, but oddly enough, the logic is correct.
+1 Blake
These two seem to be mutually exclusive. In the first, you insinuated that you should either get Harvard or get Hacksawed. In the second, you’re saying that you should make the most of whatever opportunity you can, albeit a small one.
Which is it?
I think this thread is pointless. Itera can skoff at the guy if he wants and you can support his right to be happy if you want. In the end I think you’re both right. Itera seems to be more focused on the fact that the guy SHOULD know better than being turned off by the fact this is an acheivement. That’s why he references his undergrad education and background. If I was as knowledgeable back when I graduated college as I am now I would of laughed at my old self for being so happy to graduate with honors in accounting from local state university. So back to the poster who said that this is all relative - that it is. We assume that people should take steps of forward progress, but Itera believes this is a step backwards. So be it.
Itera is upset that the guy does not spend every day acknowledging that his accomplishments suck. Possibly because it gets in the way of the guy recognizing the full awesomeness of itera’s own accomplishments.
Ah yup.
by extension, a fat rich guy laughs at all the poor dudes working so hard to take the actuary tests. so what?
Couldn’t read past this. Laughing too hard. LMAO.
Reading this reminds me:
A) Blake had moments of awesomeness
B) CT probably died from the herp
ROFL, nice catch.
I swear his delivery was nearly identical to Trump’s.
Re: the original post – this is the result of the everyone’s-a-winner-now-here’s-a-participation-trophy mentality that has crept into society. Nowadays being mediocre (or worse) is nothing to be ashamed of – and is practically a badge or honor.
Says some clown with “marathon runner” as his name who I can stastically guarantee never won a major marathon (count pro distance runners with a CFA) but clearly has a drawer full of finisher medals and sports his accomplishment around like an identifying badge of honor.
Clearly you bought into the special little snowflake thing a little hard brah. 26.2! 26.2! 
^I figured his name was in reference to the old Bungie FPS game for the Mac. He probably wasn’t any good at that either.
We used to spit on losers. Now we spit on average people because it’s more instant gratification.
But we do give them participation trophies so that they don’t spit back on us. Which proves that we are smart, because that would be a spitload of spit.