I have a master's degree but I kind of want another one. An MBA seems like something I could use to have clout with business bros and make companies better. Am I totally wrong about that?

Also, is it dumb to get another degree? My company would reimburse tuition.

4/14/2023 5:13:34 PM

It's only worth it IMO if you go to a top school and go through recruitment.

And that's a full time two year program which will cost at least 100k and your job probably wouldn't reimburse that much and you probably wouldn't want to stay at your company anyway.


I guess some people do it to check a box if someone wants them to have an MBA for something in which case you can get one from a local college for a lot cheaper. I don't think those programs are nearly as valuable though and the business bros probably won't respect it as much.

4/14/2023 6:18:16 PM

Focus on learning about personal finance for free instead. It will be more valuable and a better use of your time than another degree.

4/14/2023 7:01:24 PM

I'm already a manager in my org and want to advance so I don't need a foot in the door. I'm just trying to figure out what additional value I can add to help my org and move myself forward.

I'm honestly more interested in managerial and leadership theory and organizational behavior than I am in finance. I'm a big fan of Deming, the OKR methodology, and agile approaches to work.

Re: certifications, I do already have Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner, and Leading SAFe SA 4.5. I'm not particularly interested in pursuing more formal PM certs as I work closely with a PM org internally.

4/15/2023 12:49:10 PM

man, this is Chit Chat

4/15/2023 2:08:52 PM

I'm talking about personal finance to benefit yourself, not corporate or business finance to benefit your organization. Perhaps your goals are more selfless than I understood.

4/15/2023 2:43:43 PM

Yeah I don't really care about my personal finances. They're in pretty good order.

I just want to be of service to my work community by advocating for what I see as humane ways of working. So I want to accumulate enough clout that people take me seriously.

One of my colleagues suggested I write a book instead of expanding my collection of degrees.

4/16/2023 11:34:29 AM

I hope to write a book some day without publishing it so that someday a great great great great great grandkid discovers it and is like yo cool I have something for show and tell

4/16/2023 12:21:19 PM

I'm just leaving a full transcript of my Wolf Web posts.

4/16/2023 1:52:29 PM

I wrote a book a little over a year ago, now I've got clout coming out the yin yang

4/19/2023 9:00:46 PM