Comments on: To MBA or Not To MBA http://www.financialsamurai.com/2009/07/13/to-mba-or-not-to-mba/ Slicing Through Money's Mysteries Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Financial Samurai http://www.financialsamurai.com/2009/07/13/to-mba-or-not-to-mba/comment-page-1/#comment-59291 Financial Samurai Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:52:32 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=19#comment-59291 I've had numerous female friends who swore they would never be a stay at home mom and work for at least a decade after their MBAs only to never want to go back to business school after having children. I'd really think long and hard about spend 2 full years with no paycheck on the degree. Get someone else to pay for it as much as possible if so ! I’ve had numerous female friends who swore they would never be a stay at home mom and work for at least a decade after their MBAs only to never want to go back to business school after having children.

I’d really think long and hard about spend 2 full years with no paycheck on the degree. Get someone else to pay for it as much as possible if so !

]]> By: Her Every Cent Counts http://www.financialsamurai.com/2009/07/13/to-mba-or-not-to-mba/comment-page-1/#comment-59287 Her Every Cent Counts Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:09:10 +0000 http://www.financialsamurai.com/?p=19#comment-59287 Thank you for this post. For a long time (well, 6 years since completing undergrad) I've been considering going back for an MBA. Working for startups, there is never funds available for the company to cover the cost of the degree. This post summarizes well why I've yet to pursue an MBA, though for me there is an added question of whether, once I have kids in my 30s, I will want to pursue an executive position, or if the value of the MBA would be wasted in choosing to work part time or become a marketing consultant. I'm getting towards the older end of the spectrum for a full-time MBA program (being 28), but I can't imagine working in my current role 70+ hours per week and completing a top-tier MBA curriculum in the evenings and weekends, especially given my lack of experience in math and finance, where I'd have to play catch up probably the whole time. Meanwhile, I'm so fascinated by a lot of the aspects that are part of the MBA curriculum that you speak of above. I can't see doing this while I'm in my current job, but I plan to re-evaluate when I turn 30, and to seriously investigate the executive MBA programs. Thank you for this post. For a long time (well, 6 years since completing undergrad) I’ve been considering going back for an MBA. Working for startups, there is never funds available for the company to cover the cost of the degree. This post summarizes well why I’ve yet to pursue an MBA, though for me there is an added question of whether, once I have kids in my 30s, I will want to pursue an executive position, or if the value of the MBA would be wasted in choosing to work part time or become a marketing consultant. I’m getting towards the older end of the spectrum for a full-time MBA program (being 28), but I can’t imagine working in my current role 70+ hours per week and completing a top-tier MBA curriculum in the evenings and weekends, especially given my lack of experience in math and finance, where I’d have to play catch up probably the whole time. Meanwhile, I’m so fascinated by a lot of the aspects that are part of the MBA curriculum that you speak of above. I can’t see doing this while I’m in my current job, but I plan to re-evaluate when I turn 30, and to seriously investigate the executive MBA programs.

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