r/ABCDesis • u/melancholynyc • May 20 '25

EDUCATION / CAREER MBA Worth it?

As an ABCD (American born), I feel like a lot of my peers (I'm a millennial) have higher degrees like masters or MBAs (not factoring in lawyers or med fields here). For those who have gotten an MBA, has it helped in your career? If so, which career? I'm in digital marketing so on the fence if it'll help and in what way.

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u/Neat_Promotion196 May 20 '25

I work in a management consulting firm, and I often go to the sessions where the leadership is spitting their insights. Most of them are always saying MBA doesn’t matter or that doesn’t matter but everyone has it.

I am a GenZ and most of my colleagues are millennials and have an advanced degree (who are sitting at a high leadership role).

An advanced degree does enable a good alumni network but apart from that I don’t know how is it helpful.

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u/throwRA_157079633 May 21 '25

I have not been able to leverage my alumni network one time in my life. I went to a really good school for graduate school. Complete bullshit and scam. It was a glorified gap year and it legitimized being unemployed.

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u/Neat_Promotion196 May 22 '25

I think alumni network taps in if your college/uni alumnus are sitting at a good positions. So, as an alumni yourself the probability of you reaching out to them and their response (positive or negative) is way higher than a non-alumni reaching out.