"Why having an over-simplified title/line-of-thought gets you more clicks"
An MBA doesn't invalidate their previous experience. An MBA doesn't specialise a person or decreases his/her usefulness to only C-level positions (quite the opposite in my opinion, as they often acquire additional skills). An MBA doesn't make you a strategy guy/girl per se or makes you less an implementation person.
Apart from the social pressure one -might- experience because of their achieving peers (and maybe even the financial pressure to pay off their debt), I only believe it increases a person's skills (be it soft, finance, ...)
Eventually, it always boils down to peoples motivations to join X or Y. An MBA should at most encourage you (the recruiter/hiring person/... to ask some other questions during the hiring process.
Next in the series I expect:
"Why having worked for McK/BCG/Bain is a negative hiring signal (for startups)"
"Why having investment banking experience is a negative hiring signal (for startups)"
"Why having studied law is a negative hiring signal (for startups)"
...
Same thing here: it's used as a negative hiring signal by some, but that doesn't validate their thinking. These generalisations are a huge risk for loosing out on potential talent...
An MBA doesn't invalidate their previous experience. An MBA doesn't specialise a person or decreases his/her usefulness to only C-level positions (quite the opposite in my opinion, as they often acquire additional skills). An MBA doesn't make you a strategy guy/girl per se or makes you less an implementation person.
Apart from the social pressure one -might- experience because of their achieving peers (and maybe even the financial pressure to pay off their debt), I only believe it increases a person's skills (be it soft, finance, ...)
Eventually, it always boils down to peoples motivations to join X or Y. An MBA should at most encourage you (the recruiter/hiring person/... to ask some other questions during the hiring process.
Next in the series I expect:
"Why having worked for McK/BCG/Bain is a negative hiring signal (for startups)"
"Why having investment banking experience is a negative hiring signal (for startups)"
"Why having studied law is a negative hiring signal (for startups)" ...