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by airstrike 2436 days ago
> Not at all what I was saying, but since you brought it up: MBA or not, I'd expect the outcome of someone with zero real-world experience being elevated to a position of making executive decisions would be universally shite.

Where do you get the notion that MBAs have zero real world experience? That is factually incorrect.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/the-mba-effectively-does-not...

"Actually, 40 Years Of Data Show The MBA Effectively Does Nothing -- It Has No Impact" - Business Insider

https://www.economist.com/whichmba/nothing-special-mbas-are-...

MBAs are no longer prized by employers - The Economist

There's a lot more links like that on Google, I'll leave it to the reader to find them. That said, I found this one interesting:

Https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://amp.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/why-the-mb...

It's an article in the Guardian that, to give the tldr version, suggests that MBAs retain usefulness for getting jobs, but with no evidence of impact on capability.

Strawman. I didn't claim there aren't articles out there about how useless MBAs are.
What position is appropriate for a person with an MBA but little real world experience? I think the answer might help you and the other poster align.