If you had to pick a Harvard Business School MBA or 500,000 buckaroos in the next 30 seconds, which would you pick?

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Harvard. I’m a prestige whore

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HBS. 500k isn't much money

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Option C. I’d take a job at Deloitte- it’s harder to get into, and therefore more prestigious than Harvard.

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EY4 for the win 🏆

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Buckaroo’s

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Honestly and MBA means literally nothing to me

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Money. I think I’ve already got enough brand names, and just having the MBA doesn’t mean anything without connections or knowledge

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$500k

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How is this pic related"?

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Pill not a rock but C1 is right, Neo had to choose between a red or blue pill in the Matrix movie… wait, am I old?

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Obviously take the $500k, spend some of it to go to Wharton and put the rest in PYPL recovery.

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Harvard. If you go to HBS and can't make back 500k. Ummm 🙂

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500 one time or 500+ yearly for 20 years, if done decently right.

I know my option

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Money

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I'd take the Harvard MBA and fake it like the rest of them with a 500k+ job 🧐

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Moenay

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Buckaroos

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Gimme that cash.

Gimme the money!

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