[wtvanhest]

Most people on hacker news don't realize that within business there is a huge amount of types of business jobs. Most people go to business school to switch to a new type of business job. About 40% come from engineering because they realize they hate it and want to do something making more money with less hours.

If you had a great job, lets say Investment Banking, you may go to a top business school to switch to Private Equity. To an hacker those don't sound different, but they are worlds apart.

The biggest benefit to getting an MBA is that it gives you an excuse to interview with whatever company you want to. It gives you the opportunity to really change your path. Few other places do that.

[ikono]

I completely agree but isn't this really a failing of our current world/society? Many of our best and brightest spend huge amounts of money and two years of their life just so they can have an excuse/opportunity to apply themselves in a different field. Seems like there's something wrong here, no?

[hkj]

I really think you don't understand what wtvanhest is saying. Business is a really big subject. They don't go to school for two years to change from being an accountant to becoming a controller. It is much more equalent to going to school for two years to change from electrical engineering to chemical engineering. Sure the basics are the same but after that they are worlds apart.