[FreeOEMcheapestPHOTOSHOP]

LOTM has one.

I'm planning to get one within the next few years.

[qikolax]

Please, elaborate, both of you guys.

I'm not sure how much I need it. I only know that I need to KNOW business and management. I mean really know that stuff, not just read about it a little.

I'm not after the letters, it hardly helps me since I'm not shooting for being some kind of general management person.

[Fksxneng]

Originally posted by LordShiva
I don't think an MBA is necessary to "know" business and management. I see it as a signaling and networking device more than a knowledge acquisition thing. This is pretty much accurate. You can learn some incredibly valuable stuff depending on what you focus on, but the rather nebulous notion of "business and management" isn't something that you really learn from a textbook anyway.

[Pheboasmabs]

as in all cases, getting a university degree when you're looking for knowledge is just a way to have a guide, a system (selected books, assignements, evaluation, etc) to use in order to get the knowledge you want. or you can do it yourself by well, reading books and stuff

[riverakathy]

Rather than an MBA, I recomend a law degree over an undergraduate business degree for a business career.

[Foucceedo]

Japher, exactly, you bring up a good point. People say letters don't matter. They're right but also wrong, they can help a bit. It's exactly what I thinka s well, it shows commitment. If someone has a PhD for example, it doesn't mean they're smart or even good at what they do. Maybe they aren't complete tools but it's just letters, but it does show that at least once in your life you did commit to something that wasn't necessarily a quick job or something very easy.

Just like if someone has a black belt in some martial art, you know, I don't think anything about it in terms of this person being able to smash others, but I do respect the person for the commitment, it takes a lot of it and that you can hold on to things and carry them out. This is not a trivial matter nor is it something that is common trait.

And YES I also want to network of course! And I want the letters too, they're the least important in it, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I wouldn't mind it at all, I'd prefer it actually. Put in the work I would.

But I won't be eligible to start for the next 3 years, might be 4, most likely 3 though. But I like to plan things ahead and get permission or rather support going for it, so when the time comes, I'm just starting it, not trying to apply and figure out where to get the money for it. I'm preparing everything so I can just go there and continue, maybe take the week off in between or something, be cause people need to relax once in every few years.

[teridbruse]

I've seen good entrepreneurial guys turned into concept-spouting do-nothing robots after getting their MBA's...

[easypokergonj]

I think PhD is kind of dangerous. It can make you overqualified for many positions. I'm not speaking from experience , just guessing.

[Tam04xa]

Originally posted by Pekka
overqualified for what? Shitty jobs. Who cares. Hey. When you're unemployed and can't find work, even a shitty job looks good.

[CHEAPCIALISFORYOU]

Juris Doctor[something] = a law degree.

[juliannamed]

Yeah, a PhD is worthless unless you are in academia. I've known several people in my line of work with PhDs, but even they say they got just for the hell of it.

An MBA can get you respect from some very superficial fools. A MS is really all you need to show you know your field in most sciences, a PhD just shows you got more schooling.

[Hlennisal]

You couldln't pin me down with the normal work roles anyway. I mean... I've stopped using the alarm clock to get up for work. I have it as a back up though, I admit, because if I'd happen to sleep past 10AM, I need to be getting up anyway. However, I just wake up when I naturally wake up... then I do my morning things and maybe go to work after that. Then I come home when I feel like it. That's it. I don't work for your hours. I work all the time, slowly but steady. I never stop working really. I'm constantly thinking about the issues in it.

Also, don't expect me to be in my office all the time and available. If you need me, you can e-mail me or if important, call me. I accept peopel calling me 24/7.

So I'm not lazy. I'm reachable at all times even if I'm not there. And even if I'm not there to look grumpy when the sun just got up, I still work more and take it easy. I think that's fair. So if someone says to me, you need to work these hours? It's going to be a problem. I might take a day off in the middle of the week if I don't feel like coming in or reading at home. I might do that, I might take a long weekend and drink myself silly if that's what I want to do. I will go if I'm NEEDED or supposed to be there, however, if no rational reason? Don't try to track me, I don't like being watched and tracked and followed.

So I might be a nightmare for some bosses but then again I might be the ideal type for other bosses.

[ManHolDenPoker]

The only reason I can see for getting a PhD is to stay at uni for longer to have more fun and not actually do any work