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    raddevus
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    I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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      I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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      There are a few great interviews with Elon Musk on Youtube where he describes his dislike for people with MBA's and why we need less of them in business.

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        I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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        I just followed those seven steps and I practically already have a new Master's Degree :D I'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up, and become an instant millionaire tomorrow :thumbsup: Also reminded me of this one: Every Inspirational Video - YouTube[^] :laugh:

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        • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

          I just followed those seven steps and I practically already have a new Master's Degree :D I'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up, and become an instant millionaire tomorrow :thumbsup: Also reminded me of this one: Every Inspirational Video - YouTube[^] :laugh:

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          raddevus
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          Sander Rossel wrote:

          I'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up, and become an instant millionaire tomorrow

          Geniuz!!! :laugh:

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          • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

            I just followed those seven steps and I practically already have a new Master's Degree :D I'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up, and become an instant millionaire tomorrow :thumbsup: Also reminded me of this one: Every Inspirational Video - YouTube[^] :laugh:

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            OriginalGriff
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            Sander Rossel wrote:

            'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up,

            There's a manager for you! A developer would get out of it first ... :-D

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              Sander Rossel wrote:

              'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up,

              There's a manager for you! A developer would get out of it first ... :-D

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              Sander Rossel
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              Getting out of bed is overrated... :^)

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                I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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                Alas, do we not also have skeletons in the closet[^]?

                Ravings en masse^

                "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                  Alas, do we not also have skeletons in the closet[^]?

                  Ravings en masse^

                  "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                  "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                  raddevus
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                  W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:

                  Alas, do we not also have skeletons in the closet[^]

                  Very true. :laugh: But, at least there is a bit more barrier to entry than, "Can breathe, can raise eyebrows..." :laugh:

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                  • R raddevus

                    I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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                    No :-) they should rework this ... "shake hands" is not done today ...

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                    • R raddevus

                      I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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                      Nelek
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                      To counter a bit... Erasmus students..... what they really do![^]

                      M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                        There are a few great interviews with Elon Musk on Youtube where he describes his dislike for people with MBA's and why we need less of them in business.

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                        I always liked something a friend of mine said after he got his MBA. He got it because it was a required lodge pin in order to move "up the ladder". The class material was useless bilge, with the exception of a couple practicum courses he took. One was conducted as a practical business exercise executed by the entire class, which was taught by a local business leader. The other was essentially job shadowing where you worked one-on-one with a local mid-level manager one day a week.

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                          Alas, do we not also have skeletons in the closet[^]?

                          Ravings en masse^

                          "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                          Gary R Wheeler
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                          You know, I don't think I've ever seen a computing book from Sams that looked in any way credible.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                            I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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                            Daniel Pfeffer
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                            MBA - Master of Bullshit Artistry?

                            Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                              I just followed those seven steps and I practically already have a new Master's Degree :D I'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up, and become an instant millionaire tomorrow :thumbsup: Also reminded me of this one: Every Inspirational Video - YouTube[^] :laugh:

                              Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

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                              Daniel Pfeffer
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                              Sander Rossel wrote:

                              I'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up, and become an instant millionaire tomorrow

                              That only works if you sleep on the job... :)

                              Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                                MBA - Master of Bullshit Artistry?

                                Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                                raddevus
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                                Daniel Pfeffer wrote:

                                MBA - Master of Bullshit Artistry?

                                I believe there is only one small difference... __Manager__ of Bullshit Artistry :laugh:

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                                  I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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                                  About ten years into my career as a hardware/embedded software/systems developer I decided it would be good to understand what managers were supposed to know and got one of these MBA thingies through the UK Open Business School. The knowledge gained was useful and directly applicable to non-technical areas of projects that I was involved in. When I received notification that I had gained the degree I went home and proudly announced that I had been awarded a MBA to which my eldest daughter (16 at the time) asked, "What does that stand for? Miserable Bloody Arsehole?"

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                                    I was just taking a look inside the book The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness eBook: Barron, Jason: Kindle Store[^] Check out this secret that you need to go to University to learn: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieHdl.png[^] :| And this little nugget shows you exactly Everything Your Manager Knows which is why you know s/he is a Genius Who You Will Follow To the Ends of the Earth....and Beyond! https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yxXd.png[^] :| That graphic is hilarious...Read it then think, "yes...just do that." Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I think your life has already been changed by this inside information on MBAs. :rolleyes:

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                                    I've had a boss whose people skills would have been 10x better by even attempting to follow either graphic.

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                                      I've had a boss whose people skills would have been 10x better by even attempting to follow either graphic.

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                                      raddevus
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                                      MadGerbil wrote:

                                      I've had a boss whose people skills would have been 10x better by even attempting to follow either graphic

                                      That is the crazy paradox to it: The knowledge (even though it is so basic) that these types supposedly learn would be valuable if they actually used it. No worries, though, they are impervious to good ideas. :rolleyes:

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                                      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                        I just followed those seven steps and I practically already have a new Master's Degree :D I'll add an eighth, make the bed when I wake up, and become an instant millionaire tomorrow :thumbsup: Also reminded me of this one: Every Inspirational Video - YouTube[^] :laugh:

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                                        You guys have Beds ? I sleep in my coding chair always ready for action

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                                          I always liked something a friend of mine said after he got his MBA. He got it because it was a required lodge pin in order to move "up the ladder". The class material was useless bilge, with the exception of a couple practicum courses he took. One was conducted as a practical business exercise executed by the entire class, which was taught by a local business leader. The other was essentially job shadowing where you worked one-on-one with a local mid-level manager one day a week.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                                          Erik Burd
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                                          As someone with an MBA, I agree. Some of the classes were total fluff and what I refer to as "refund classes". Some of us in my cohort still joke about them! The best classes by far were those taught from active professionals in the industry, where we worked on real exercises, and not those cooked-up case studies from Ivey, Harvard and Darden. Thankfully there were enough of them to make it worthwhile. It was a nice journey and I learned a lot, but yeah I wouldn't spend $250K at some overrated business school.

                                          "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian

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