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Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 13, 2008, 02:13:28 pm ---I shuffle papers for scientists.

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Hey, scientists gotta use the toilet too.

What?  Oh, wrong kind of paper?  Sorry.  ;D

knave:
I was in the same boat, Hated my job etc...(actually it was a few jobs) so I did the whole Carreer change Got the MBA and found that I was over educated for my level of experience.  So I lucked onto my current job.  I love it.  Problem is that to everyone else I'm underemployed.  They see this great big MBA sticker on my forhead and that I should be making 80-100k. 

I do look all the time to see what's out there and most of the MBA jobs I see are financial requiring 5 years of experience.

Some day I'm gonna have to break in to some type of leadership position...but I have time to enjoy where I am now and perhaps exaust my current growth path.

Pinballjim.  How did you make the transition?

Wade:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 14, 2008, 03:53:06 pm ---MBA...Some people think of it as some super impressive thing, I just saw that I wasn't going to get to where I needed without it. 

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I have yet to meet that person.

Wade

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 14, 2008, 03:53:06 pm ---Some people think of it as some super impressive thing, I just saw that I wasn't going to get to where I needed without it. 

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In the first stages of my career, I was considering doing my MBA, mostly because it was an easy add-on (12 month program, specifically due to my undergrad program) and I thought it would look good on a resume.

My mentor at the time said "If you want an MBA, just hire one."

I say this not to provoke or dismiss the value of an MBA (my sister is doing hers right now and I am 100% supportive ... and tutoring stats and finance), but rather to point out that an MBA isn't a ticket to anywhere -- you need something else before that MBA is of any value.

ChadTower:

20 years ago an MBA was impressive.  Now it is pretty much standard to be a manager outside of the tech field.  Every third resume has one.

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