So you wanna be a ghost?! [MBA Megathread]

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > So you wanna be a ghost?! [MBA Megathread]

LofwyrSai: Jul 19, 2006; Le r�alit� et toi, vous ne vous entendez pas, n'est-ce pas?

propecia posted:

These past few weeks have been pretty rough for first year intern recruiting. I go to a Top 20, and while brand management jobs seem to be okay (CPGs seem to be better off right now), corporate finance positions have been extremely scarce.

I can only imagine. MBA internships are hard enough to find in good times.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2009 07:27

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 5, 2024 12:24

LofwyrSai: Jul 19, 2006; Le r�alit� et toi, vous ne vous entendez pas, n'est-ce pas?

Arzakon posted:

Will an MS-MIT be as well/better regarded as a standard MBA inside the IT world? Outside?
Is GSU's business school as good as its reputation around Atlanta is whether I get this or an MBA later? I see the words "Top Ten" thrown around a lot on their website.
Is it typically easier to get into a business school at your Alma Mater?

1. Don't know this for sure but usually IT doesn't care too much about an MBA. Architecture perhaps...

2. Atlanta area MBA overall quality / rep is as follows: Emory, Georgia Tech, U of Georgia, Georgia State. It really isn't that good and isn't "top 10" anything.
*however this does not make it a horrible option - depends on your goals*

3. Slight edge

# ¿ Feb 27, 2009 05:50

LofwyrSai: Jul 19, 2006; Le r�alit� et toi, vous ne vous entendez pas, n'est-ce pas?

Don Wrigley posted:

What I've noticed: for law school, there's no in between. Either you're earning $160,000 or you're earning $40,000, there's no such thing as a regular old salary (or so it seems).

for an MBA, on the other hand, it seems that the top 10 schools will get you a salary + bonus in the 140-150K range, top 20 in the 125-140 range, top 30 in the 110-125 range, and so on and so forth down.

Mid size firms will get you a salary in between these figures - like 80 to 100k. Law has some of the most variable pay of any field. The MBA figures you are quoting are for people that go into consulting or IB.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2009 02:17

LofwyrSai: Jul 19, 2006; Le r�alit� et toi, vous ne vous entendez pas, n'est-ce pas?

Don Wrigley posted:

New reply because totally unrelated...

My boss has been talking to me about going for a part-time MBA at Stern. I'm in my mid-30s and working as a software engineer at a large financial firm; i am a VP, but do not have direct reports. She actually brought it up--I'm a new VP and one of the younger ones, and she said the shortest path to MD and direct reports is an MBA.

Somewhat off topic but I love how everyone in finance is a "VP" even without any directs. I'm a Director now in a large "industry" firm with a medium size staff and growing, the VP I report to has 200 people under management. Finance titles are so inflated.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2010 13:06

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > So you wanna be a ghost?! [MBA Megathread]