Maybe this is the wrong bowl - but those who looked into an MBA but pursued another masters level course or similar, what did you pursue? I’m interested in business courses without the long term commitment of an MBA, other left of field options are also welcomed! For context, didn’t do business before I started at BCG.

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I did a masters of systems engineering and took a bunch of business courses as electives (incl. as extra credits) which got me into MBB. The plan was to get an MBA at some point but it doesn’t nearly seem worth it anymore, and the networking benefits of MBB seem much robust than that of an MBA program

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