Anyone noticed more and more consultants putting MBA after their name on LinkedIn or, worse, in their signature block? Without fail it is always those who got theirs from a TTT.

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I went to a school that was ranked closer to 100 in the list of top 100. Never put an MBA in my title, but do list it under education. Holding a diploma means nothing. What you make out of it means plenty.

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That's true D1, and partly so because often those form the top schools don't need as much advertisement to sell themselves. Those who need it tend to include it

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Dunno what TTT is but I have MBA in my signature. Cost me $100,000 so you best believe I’m putting that shit everywhere.

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Who cares? Get a life

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TTT = Third Tier Toilet for those who are Google-challenged.

And agree, there is a very high inverse correlation between business school rank and propensity of its graduates to list "MBA" after their name on LinkedIn and/or resume heading

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Exec recruiter here at one of the big firms (also a T15 MBA) and I roll my eyes every time. If it’s in your education (make sure it has the initials in addition to spelling it out) you’re SEO-Ed. Putting it in your header is weird.

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This discussion kinda reminds me of how I took a summer class once at my sister's Tier 4+ school during undergrad and the professors all insisted on being addressed as "Dr so-and-so" despite their PhDs not being medically related at all and generally from pretty mediocre at best institutions. At my undergrad and grad school profs either went by "Prof Last-Name" or even just "First Name" because they had plenty of credibility without needing to force it down everyone's throat.

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Neither do you 🤗. And yes I did read what you wrote; however, your argument is weak and it doesn’t answer the original question.

TTT? Spasm?

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LinkedIn has an SEO-type feature (or, ranking feature). Those of us with it in our title are basically using SEO-mentality on LinkedIn, as many firms have it as a requirement for management positions.

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CISSP is also common it looks so weird

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TTT?

Nvm, just googled. Probably one of those cases where “if you have to ask, you probably are one”

In my case, you probably would consider my MBA a “TTT”.

Any MBA from an Aacsb accredited business school is fair game. Since they require 600+ gmat. So I don’t know what you mean by TTT. Moreover, an MBA is a professional certificate just like a cpa or cfa, it’s normal for people to list them next to their names. Plus LinkedIn is a professional website just like career builder, where recruiters go looking for specific skills, and it’s reasonable that people list their qualifications in bold next to their names etc. Like I won’t hire a Harvard grade to do data science unless he’s a PhD in a related field regardless of the school he went to, since the job requires advanced subjects in math etc.

Sorry @pwc2, I have one of those fancy schmancy top tier MBAs and also have a wife studying for the CPA, friends who got their CFA, and friends with PEs. I can tell you without irony or condescension that an MBA is a degree, and not a professional certification. If you still doubt me, spell out each two/three letter combo and you’ll start seeing the difference.

Chartered Financial Analyst - profession
Certified Public Accountant - profession
Professional Engineer - profession
Master of Business Administration - not a profession

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