Dr. John Deloney
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What do you think? Let me change the way I just asked that. Not what do you think and not what do you hope. When you have sat down with some people in your field or you've sat down with one of the executives at the company where you work, And it's a rare thing because MBA programs, especially executive MBA programs, but two-year laser-focused MBA programs are cash cows for universities.
What do you think? Let me change the way I just asked that. Not what do you think and not what do you hope. When you have sat down with some people in your field or you've sat down with one of the executives at the company where you work, And it's a rare thing because MBA programs, especially executive MBA programs, but two-year laser-focused MBA programs are cash cows for universities.
They used to be big time and it's leveled off. For you to get a full scholarship to a top 20 MBA program tells me you've got some kind of special, you've got something going for you that is unique because they just don't hand those out. I know some hotshot people making good money that went to MBA programs and they had to pay full freight. So something special has happened for you.
They used to be big time and it's leveled off. For you to get a full scholarship to a top 20 MBA program tells me you've got some kind of special, you've got something going for you that is unique because they just don't hand those out. I know some hotshot people making good money that went to MBA programs and they had to pay full freight. So something special has happened for you.
They used to be big time and it's leveled off. For you to get a full scholarship to a top 20 MBA program tells me you've got some kind of special, you've got something going for you that is unique because they just don't hand those out. I know some hotshot people making good money that went to MBA programs and they had to pay full freight. So something special has happened for you.
So when you sit down and talk to somebody on the other end of this thing, What do you think you're going to make? What leverage is this going to give you besides just a job? Because I promise you in 10 years, I promise you in 10 years, we are going to be in a place culturally and economically where you have to have crossed this particular, you have to have checked this box to come work for us.
So when you sit down and talk to somebody on the other end of this thing, What do you think you're going to make? What leverage is this going to give you besides just a job? Because I promise you in 10 years, I promise you in 10 years, we are going to be in a place culturally and economically where you have to have crossed this particular, you have to have checked this box to come work for us.
So when you sit down and talk to somebody on the other end of this thing, What do you think you're going to make? What leverage is this going to give you besides just a job? Because I promise you in 10 years, I promise you in 10 years, we are going to be in a place culturally and economically where you have to have crossed this particular, you have to have checked this box to come work for us.
Nobody's going to care. But I do know, and I trust you, and I know this to be true, there are jobs that still have that, we won't even interview you unless you've checked this box. So fair. What are you going to be making on the other end of this deal?
Nobody's going to care. But I do know, and I trust you, and I know this to be true, there are jobs that still have that, we won't even interview you unless you've checked this box. So fair. What are you going to be making on the other end of this deal?
Nobody's going to care. But I do know, and I trust you, and I know this to be true, there are jobs that still have that, we won't even interview you unless you've checked this box. So fair. What are you going to be making on the other end of this deal?
You make $125,000 now, $150,000 now. When you walk across the stage with an MBA from a top 20 program and you circle back to be a project manager at some of these firms that you're working at now, are they going to pay you $300,000? Are they going to pay you $450,000? What's the ceiling for you then?
You make $125,000 now, $150,000 now. When you walk across the stage with an MBA from a top 20 program and you circle back to be a project manager at some of these firms that you're working at now, are they going to pay you $300,000? Are they going to pay you $450,000? What's the ceiling for you then?
You make $125,000 now, $150,000 now. When you walk across the stage with an MBA from a top 20 program and you circle back to be a project manager at some of these firms that you're working at now, are they going to pay you $300,000? Are they going to pay you $450,000? What's the ceiling for you then?
Because I've talked to a lot of students on the front end of grad school, man. They're like, no, no, no, when I get out, I'm going to make $140,000. And then I say, just go look at the market. And they're like, oh, man, $75,000. So what makes you confident?
Because I've talked to a lot of students on the front end of grad school, man. They're like, no, no, no, when I get out, I'm going to make $140,000. And then I say, just go look at the market. And they're like, oh, man, $75,000. So what makes you confident?
Because I've talked to a lot of students on the front end of grad school, man. They're like, no, no, no, when I get out, I'm going to make $140,000. And then I say, just go look at the market. And they're like, oh, man, $75,000. So what makes you confident?
Because that's a marketing tool that a school is going to put on their website. Here's a couple of things they can factor in. Not always, but sometimes. One, they may give you the average salary of those people who got jobs. And they don't address the folks who didn't get jobs. The other thing they may do is say, here's the average salary.
Because that's a marketing tool that a school is going to put on their website. Here's a couple of things they can factor in. Not always, but sometimes. One, they may give you the average salary of those people who got jobs. And they don't address the folks who didn't get jobs. The other thing they may do is say, here's the average salary.
Because that's a marketing tool that a school is going to put on their website. Here's a couple of things they can factor in. Not always, but sometimes. One, they may give you the average salary of those people who got jobs. And they don't address the folks who didn't get jobs. The other thing they may do is say, here's the average salary.