Do you agree that MBAs are polluting the industry like Elon says?

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I dont have a Degree, never finished, most of my coworkers have a MBA, I am usually the one who comes up with out of the box solutions. My coworkers are very methodological and I feel it stiffles the creativity. My managers only hire MBA and frankly, they come to me to resolve issues. In my experience, yes MBA are ruining companies. It is a wonder companies manage a profit the way they are run.

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Then don’t hide behind your desk and criticize, go out and start a company of your own.

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IMO, MBAs (and anyone else for that matter) only “pollute” if there’s a culture mismatch and lack of proper governance between the employer and employee.

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Not when MBAs are changing and there are programs out there from great schools that don’t look anything like traditional MBAs. They are also not polluting the industry nearly as bad as Bitcoin, which burns more electricity than New Zealand. 😬

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I was made to report to a totally unqualified guy who told me to create “ just one html page around all windows, Apple and Android apps” he didn’t even know about iOS
That’s the state of the technology industry

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MBA's are done for personal growth - want to move to industries, want to move up the ranks quicker, higher salary, better networking, etc. So it's hard to say that they are "polluting the industry" more than any other normal employee would

So lately I have seen entry to mid level QA positions listing a masters as a requirement. This should not be an entry level requirement

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