Is MBA right for me?

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vijaynaik: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 74; Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:33 pm; Thanked: 3 times

by vijaynaik » Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:23 pm

Hi Stacey, I have been recently told by my colleagues that MBA doesn't help much for a software engineer's career. They gave me several examples of their friends who did MBA and now doing the same job as they did before doing the MBA. I don't have any idea about the financial field. I am a Sr.software engineer (computer science background) with 12yrs of experience. So My question to you is 'Is MBA going to help if i want to stay in the software technology?'. Will it server better if i switch to financial field? Please advise.

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by Lisa Anderson » Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:43 pm

Dear vijaynaik,

If you want to continue in your current career path of software engineer, then an MBA might not be worth the resources. If you want to gain some business knowledge to transition to a management track or move to a business function within your technology company (like finance or marketing), then an MBA might be helpful in that endeavor. It all depends on what your goals are for your career; where do you want to go and be over the next 5, 10, 20 years??

Additionally, earning an MBA degree alone will not result in a career change or make an employer move an employee to a new job upon graduation from business school. How you leverage the MBA degree to further your career depends on you, first and foremost. You have to take ownership of your career and navigate the job search process, whether it is within your current company or with new companies, to secure that new opportunity.

Good luck,
Lisa

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by vijaynaik » Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:09 pm

Thanks a lot Lisa.

-Vijay

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