Why an MBA ?
Why an MBA ,a question i have asked myself over and over again in the recent few months .All this knowing well i dont fit in to the typical pseud MBAgiri .
Infact iam the other way round.Iam one of those guys you will see whiling away his time in a computer lab surrounded by Ubuntu`s fedora`s ,either chatting or looking through some odd concepts. What makes me think i should do is first the parental pressure .I come from a famliy where except my mom ,everyone holds a masters degree be it the IITs,IIMs .Then there is a pressure on me to deliver the same.However thats not all , i think a true career can be fulfilling only when you get to realise your dream or in other words you get a chance to execute your dream.
who can get your dreams better than yourself.Yes iam talking about making your own money spinner than slogging day in and day out spinning someone in to billions and u making a few dollars. Life i believe can be more rewarding than that .
To be fair i hated MBA`s so much for it all i knew about them was “Technically Ineligible ” .Do we need tailored MBAs in the age when most of the CEOs are self made . I really did think this was true. Until i realised MBAs are very much a true entity of any successfull organisation. Today when we are at the verge of having our own startup LatentRoutes .We defnitely realise that ,technical expertise of any order can at the most sell you to a big company.To however get yourself in to the market and make it big .You need a guy who can convince people you are the best ,no matter how big a deviation it is from reality.
And even if you were to grow from being a startup to a large organisation.Then it also true That the best captain for speed boats in the world may not be the best resource for running an oil tanker.
At some point of time you need a regular MBA who can do the daily chores and lets you think about the ideas ,something that most startup founders revel in .
I certainly want to get ahead and try my ideas in the open but the prospect of having a good MBA i belive will make me all the more that just lucky .So my target takes me here
Its not easy by any means ,but who said its dull.Life is worth all the chances that you dare to take in :)
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so another one bites the dust…a lifetime of criticizing and ridiculing mbas, all this changes in one instant? well, all the best!
well , not really in an instant .It took me sometime come to terms with it . but i believe its quite true.An MBA can make you think what you want out of your life iam sure it cant rob me of my love for technology ,unix and the rest but may be it can help me do more with it :)
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