Should You Go To Business School?

Demoted

Demoted Productions

Comedy, Business, Careers

4.8 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

To go to business school or not to go to business school? In this episode, Ross goes in depth about his experience attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business. From why he went back to school at 29 years old, to how an MBA has affected his career. Natalie shares her perspective on the Stanford MBA program as a close outside observer sneaking into classes and attending all their parties and international trips. The two discuss the merits of using business school to career pivot and how to get the most out of the time there if you do decide to go. They also talk about the challenging balance of keeping up with class workloads and a robust social life. Stay tuned for some enhanced corporate icebreakers, a “touchy feely” class, and a listener-submitted story of what happened when a bridesmaid hooked up with the bride’s brother. Start Ritual or add Stress Relief to your subscription today. Go to https://ritual.com/demoted for 25% off.

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0:00.0	Is an MBA worth getting?
0:01.7	Do I regret getting my MBA?
0:03.4	Hell no.
0:04.1	Do you actually think an MBA will help my career development?
0:06.9	Does going to a top eight MBA program matter?
0:09.2	What do you think is more valuable?
0:10.3	Actually building a company for two years or getting your MBA?
0:13.2	I can't believe I'm going to admit this, but.
0:15.2	Oh my God. Demoted. Welcome back to Demoted, everyone. Those are the first words out of my mouth today.
0:28.8	Does an MBA matter? Does an MBA matter? That's the question. Someone wrote in. I'm just going to get right into it. Hey, guys, this show is saving my year to say the least. My question is,
0:37.9	how much does an MBA matter for career development? And if someone goes after an MBA,
0:42.0	how important is it that it comes from an accredited university? Wow. Wow. That's real shit right
0:48.3	there. So 98% of Ross's personality, if you don't know him, is that he did graduate from Stanford and
0:53.3	get his MBA. And I can't not mention it that he did graduate from Stanford and get his MBA.
0:58.4	And I can't not mention it. I can't every like every first sentence out of your mouth. That's what you'll say. People ask me a question. I'm like, well, you know, back in Stanford. Yeah, they didn't
1:02.1	totally cover this at Stanford, but I guess like if I'm to infer, then I would have to say. I would have to say. Totally. So you love your MBA. I love my MBA. It's a great sticker. It's in my office. What year? Did you go? I graduated in 2020. Okay. Um, best two years of my life. Best two years of your life. Best two years of my life. You would say. I haven't actually thought about any of the other years because I actually erased everything. Blacked it out. Blacked it out because I graduated from Stanford. And Stanford is not an accredited university.
1:27.8	It's like kind of a low, like small liberal arts school.
1:30.5	Yeah.
1:31.0	I mean.
1:31.5	No one really knows about like what is Stanford?
1:33.5	People always ask me about MBAs and I'm like, they're like, so what school should I
1:36.3	look at?
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