MBA programs aren’t about the classes or any kind of academic rigor. They’re almost entirely networking plays: go get an MBA from a high ranking program, where you will drink with new friends you’ve made at different events, and then learn socially how to fit in with these MBA types, and then everyone gets their first post-MBA jobs at a big 3 consulting firm where they’ll do a bunch of stuff with executives of Fortune 500 companies, get to know execs who will vouch for them when the next VP position opens up. Then, 20 years after getting their degree, they still have an address book and text message threads with a lot of people who just happen to be the who’s who of senior management in different industries. All made possible by the MBA program, none of it coming from the coursework itself.
MBA programs aren’t about the classes or any kind of academic rigor. They’re almost entirely networking plays: go get an MBA from a high ranking program, where you will drink with new friends you’ve made at different events, and then learn socially how to fit in with these MBA types, and then everyone gets their first post-MBA jobs at a big 3 consulting firm where they’ll do a bunch of stuff with executives of Fortune 500 companies, get to know execs who will vouch for them when the next VP position opens up. Then, 20 years after getting their degree, they still have an address book and text message threads with a lot of people who just happen to be the who’s who of senior management in different industries. All made possible by the MBA program, none of it coming from the coursework itself.