[ale] MS or MBA

Brandon Colbert colbert.brandon at gmail.com
Mon Jun 11 11:42:50 EDT 2007


Thanks,

The MS I can have done in 14 months or less. The MBA is some where close to
2+ years. This is driving me crazy. I am a tech person. I work with it all
the time, but I also want to be able to manage other techs or engineers.

On 6/10/07, Thompson Freeman <tfreeman at ike2.room17.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/10/2007 04:12:55 PM, Brandon Colbert wrote:
> > Dear Group,
> >
> > I am confused about choosing between a MBA or MS Degree. Can some
> > shed some
> > light on this for me? My goal is to move into management. I know that
> > both
> > will get you there.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> I'm _not_ somebody you should accept career advice from - mine died.
> That said, MS in what vs. MBA? And, relative to that choice, what do
> you love? That is, what are you going to do, whether or not you get
> paid to do it or not? Or is this really just a paper trail to open
> doors, in which case I suspect the MBA may be the more useful.
>
> Neither of my brothers who are in managerial type positions hold
> masters level or higher degrees. The other two of us hold advanced
> degrees, and nobody in their right mind would let either of us manage a
> shower stall. (Not quite true, but it sounds good.)
>
> YMMV
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