Of MBA's and 6 figure salaries...
Every one wants to be an MBA these days, presumably because the second part soon becomes a 7 figure salary, and there are examples galore of even better. The primary motivation to do an MBA for the youth of the nation, I am told, is the immense demand in the market for MBAs, and hence the salaries. Most aspirants will give you some gibberish about wanting to make decisions and being a natural leader or something of that sort. We all know that precious few actually have those qualities. What's ironical though, is that someone with those qualities wouldn't be advertising them!The industry wants professional managers to run the business houses. So the MBA tag makes us believe that Anil Ambani can do a much better job of running a business than his father, because he is professionally qualified. Branding is the name of the game. Branding inspires trust, a benchmark for quality.. blah blah...
So, demand in the industry apart.. what else motivates people to do an MBA? Social status? Yes, I would say. Your entire ecosystem in India today expects you to be a manager. If you aren't a manager yet, you are obviously bad at what you do. If you were good at what you did, or if you had an MBA, you would probably be a manager by now. What apart from social status? Where do you see most of the MBA's? Come on.. take a wild guess.. Big powerful corporate houses? No. Finance companies with astronomical growth rates? No.
I find most of the MBAs in matrimonials. None of them seems to be able to find a girl for themselves! (Or be satisfied enough, and not look for other options, confused lot) Seems absurd.. 6 Feet tall, fair, Handsome, Teetotaler, MBA, B. tech., 7 figure Salary.. That should be enough dude!! You do not need a newspaper advertisement to find yourself a girl!! What the F*** were you up to all your life? (Yeah, we know the answer to that one!)
Punjabi auntijis swell at the prospect of showing their son's achievements off.. "You know, Hez been made VP over 10 people in his team" Sure.. Every one is a VP these days.. happens if you make a zillion divisions in your company, you can have a zillion VPs, a zillion presidents, general managers.. A clever trick by HR that went unnoticed I'd say.
However, the fact remains that most handsome MBA guys are available. So, either good girls are in short supply, or these guys have some serious problem.
P.S. This article stands to get un-published if I ever do an MBA :)
When it comes to success in business, an MBA degree is optional. But a GSD, which is only earned by Getting Stuff Done, is required.
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