Best Degrees with Transferable Skills?

[Harpy Eagle]

MBA" is not a "degree," it is a second degree. The interesting question is, what is the best undergrad degree to couple with an MBA?

When I was going back for my Masters I looked into doing an MBA or an MS. Got accepted to both at different universities and choose the MS. The more research I did on MBAs the more I found they were becoming a dime a dozen and were losing their luster.

 

[Woodznutz]

Yet the chances of your new business succeeding are very low

Indeed, only about 10 percent. Which, if I may offer a thought, suggests that only about 10 percent of us are suited for the business world.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Indeed, only about 10 percent. Which, if I may offer a thought, suggests that only about 10 percent of us are suited for the business world.

Or only 10% are suited to put in the kind of work that it takes to make a business succeed starting off.

I know for me personally it is never something I had any desire to do. After getting out of the Marine Corps and then 2 years at WalMart I was so happy when I started my new career to be in charge of/responsible for nobody but myself. After almost 20 years of being so it was so nice to just worry about me. Then the allure of more money get to me and now I am once again over people from 13 different states.

 

[Unkotare]

what is SA?

Goes with MBA.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Goes with MBA.

An SA degree is an associate's degree, which is an undergraduate academic program that provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to pursue employment or further study.

How the fuck does that go with an MBA?

 

[Unkotare]

An SA degree is an associate's degree, which is an undergraduate academic program that provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to pursue employment or further study.

How the fuck does that go with an MBA?

Keep thinking...

 

[Captain Caveman]

What does one do with a mathematics degree?

Allows you to say, "Would you like that to be a large or medium meal?"

 

[justoffal]

"MBA" is not a "degree," it is a second degree. The interesting question is, what is the best undergrad degree to couple with an MBA? And of course IT or EE would work out quite nicely.

BUT - and it's a huge but - the most successful path to "riches" in the U.S. is entrepreneurship. Your chances of becoming "wealthy" no matter how you define it are best if you start a successful small business. And you don't need any degree at all to do that. In fact, if you took the cost of a private 4-year degree and used it to fund a small business, you would be far better off than with the degree in most cases.

Great post.....I know more millionaire plumbers than any other kind of millionaire.

 

[Woodznutz]

Great post.....I know more millionaire plumbers than any other kind of millionaire.

I'm a millionaire resident manager/maintenance man.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I'm a millionaire resident manager/maintenance man.

there is an abnormally high number of millionaires on this forum.

 

[Unkotare]

Keep thinking...

Still didn't get it?

 

[justoffal]

I'm a millionaire resident manager/maintenance man.

So you do plumbing and electrical....carpentry also

 

[Woodznutz]

So you do plumbing and electrical....carpentry also

All maintenance tasks including landscape maintenance.

 

[Woodznutz]

there is an abnormally high number of millionaires on this forum.

Lots of millionaires in America. It's not as uncommon as it used to be, and a million dollars isn't as much as it used to be. One in four people aged 60-69 are millionaires.

 

[westwall]

Sure, but giving blowjobs at the truck stop isn't an option for most people.

Worked for you for a month or so.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

One in four people aged 60-69 are millionaires.

you have a link for this?

 

[Zincwarrior]

What does one do with a mathematics degree?

Math, duh!

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Math, duh!

Thanks.

I know one person with a bachelors in Mathematics, she drives a school bus for a living

 

[Zincwarrior]

Thanks.

I know one person with a bachelors in Mathematics, she drives a school bus for a living

I don't wanna hear dat.
My Oldest is working on his postDoc in theoretical mathematics. Fortunately during his doctorate he was paid by The Man more than my salary. His wife is the smart one and works for an engineering and design company.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I don't wanna hear dat.
My Oldest is working on his postDoc in theoretical mathematics. Fortunately during his doctorate he was paid by The Man more than my salary. His wife is the smart one and works for an engineering and design company.

She only has a bachelors and I think that is what makes the degree somewhat useless.