The problem with MBAs is that they think you can only learn what a typical MBA program teaches in business school.
I learned everything that the authors learned in business school managing my own successful open source project. And I didn't have to take a loan out.
So to all those people who are seeking an MBA degree to learn "the business side of things" - start an open source project and try and make it successful. It will be the best learning experience of your life. You will learn more then any MBA from any university. And you'll be 80K+ less in debt.
Again...that's also a generalization. No one ever said you can only learn the above in an MBA program. But given life's vagaries, it gives you a crash course. By the way, everything in the post are the ancillary things learned while learning how to learn.
I learned everything that the authors learned in business school managing my own successful open source project. And I didn't have to take a loan out.
So to all those people who are seeking an MBA degree to learn "the business side of things" - start an open source project and try and make it successful. It will be the best learning experience of your life. You will learn more then any MBA from any university. And you'll be 80K+ less in debt.