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by darth_avocado 355 days ago
MBA should have been education for managers who already have industry experience so that they can better perform in their new responsibilities. Unfortunately everyone collectively decided that an MBA degree was a substitute for competency.
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I suspect this has a lot to do with Nepotism still

"You can't just hire your friend's son for that job, it needs credentials"

"Oh it's fine, he has his MBA"

Where MBA is a relatively easy degree to get that even a pretty average person can coast through