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by flossball 2739 days ago
That is like saying all kids should play basketball because they could get into the NBA. There are always lucky rich people. A ton of Microsoft and Amazon VPs have local MBA degrees. Does that mean that my Seattle City MBA will make me $1 million a year?
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walshemj 2739 days ago
That's not the really same thing I was talking about high paid and high status jobs that almost universally recruit liberal arts grads "like them" from certain universities.

The cult of the MBA is a separate thing.

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flossball 2739 days ago
Sorry, that was my point by approaching the 'truth' from both directions.

They were already in the class or network of people. They knew they were going to be 'doing that work' because they were already recruited into that world long before university. It has nothing to do with their degree other than a passing qualification that they were expected to receive and in many cases the school just hands them no matter what their grades really were.

The degree is a technicality to their position and I am saying that the example you gave while interesting is not normal for anyone planning to work for a living.

I worked peripherally to publishing and am quite familiar with the situation. We had $1 million plus commission sales people 'of the right sort'. Did they know what the tech they sold did or have any real sales skills? Did it matter?

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