[ryandrake]

What about an MBA who can also program? Do you think they can add value, or is the degree itself some kind of mystical tattoo that forever bestows unworthiness upon the graduate?

HN-ers like to laugh and think the MBA and techie sets are disjoint. A quick google search shows numbers from 25-40% of MBA students have engineering backgrounds (for example [1], [2]).

1. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/engineers-and-bus... 2. http://www.science-engineering.net/engineering/united-kingdo...

[teacup50]

> What about an MBA who can also program?

Then they're mediocre at both, at best.

[mesozoic]

Or excellent at both but you can't deal with that possibility because it could make you question your own capabilities.

[Edmond]

ouch! I mean I've never fancied myself an awesome programmer but I didn't expect getting an MBA would make me mediocre at best :)