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Greg Board,
I may need to get a masters degree for a work issue. Nothing major, it may just help me with my next position. The kicker is that it doesn't matter which area of study but I will have to pay for it out of pocket.

My question... Do any of you folks know a cheap and quick way to get a masters? Not trying to cheat my way through this, it is just that this may be a small issue if I don't have it. At this stage of life I just don't have much free time or capital to spend now.

Thanks in advance....
 
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Boisgreat said:
Greg Board,
I may need to get a masters degree for a work issue. Nothing major, it may just help me with my next position. The kicker is that it doesn't matter which area of study but I will have to pay for it out of pocket.

My question... Do any of you folks know a cheap and quick way to get a masters? Not trying to cheat my way through this, it is just that this may be a small issue if I don't have it. At this stage of life I just don't have much free time or capital to spend now.

Thanks in advance....
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@bprockman v2.0 might be able to offer some advice as I recall he is working on his master's degree online.



Good luck re this.
 
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The thing most likely to send me into a blind rage where I attempt to kill a large number of people is having the guy in a meeting with his fresh MBA thinking he can solve every problem with his buzz words he thinks are new and revolutionary.

Every damn week somewhere is a guy talking about core competencies and needing to get buy-in to empower everyone to find scalable solutions that best leverage the company for future growth. Ask him 3 questions about the product they are selling and he goes blank of course.

No offense to those getting MBAs. It actually is a smart moved. Just done be Douchebag Dan when you get done.
 
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jeramye said:
The thing most likely to send me into a blind rage where I attempt to kill a large number of people is having the guy in a meeting with his fresh MBA thinking he can solve every problem with his buzz words he thinks are new and revolutionary.

Every damn week somewhere is a guy talking about core competencies and needing to get buy-in to empower everyone to find scalable solutions that best leverage the company for future growth. Ask him 3 questions about the product they are selling and he goes blank of course.

No offense to those getting MBAs. It actually is a smart moved. Just done be Douchebag Dan when you get done.
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We just need to drill down into the data to see what Douchebag Dan is seeing.

Boisgreat said:
It is complicated more of a work around of something I am trying to accomplish. Just need a masters degree, quick and cheap. Any type of degree...
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You working on a step raise?
 
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jeramye said:
The thing most likely to send me into a blind rage where I attempt to kill a large number of people is having the guy in a meeting with his fresh MBA thinking he can solve every problem with his buzz words he thinks are new and revolutionary.

Every damn week somewhere is a guy talking about core competencies and needing to get buy-in to empower everyone to find scalable solutions that best leverage the company for future growth. Ask him 3 questions about the product they are selling and he goes blank of course.

No offense to those getting MBAs. It actually is a smart moved. Just done be Douchebag Dan when you get done.
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I have bachelors and masters degrees in engineering disciplines so I don't expect for my MBA to be the thing that propels me into another stratosphere, but since my boss agreed to pay for it I figured I'd do it. I'm also pretty much illiterate in fields like accounting, finance, and economics.

I can already tell the people in my classes who will be John Smith, M.B.A and make business cards. They're the people that can take apart a Case Study like a mofo and hindsight the decision makers with the type of critical thinking only someone that can read a summary could do.
 
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Boisgreat said:
Greg Board,
I may need to get a masters degree for a work issue. Nothing major, it may just help me with my next position. The kicker is that it doesn't matter which area of study but I will have to pay for it out of pocket.

My question... Do any of you folks know a cheap and quick way to get a masters? Not trying to cheat my way through this, it is just that this may be a small issue if I don't have it. At this stage of life I just don't have much free time or capital to spend now.

Thanks in advance....
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Yore not a former AU football player are you?

If so, nice try. I'm not giving Schlabach any more material...

If not, I'd probably do all the work for you for a little straight cash homie.
 
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jeramye said:
The thing most likely to send me into a blind rage where I attempt to kill a large number of people is having the guy in a meeting with his fresh MBA thinking he can solve every problem with his buzz words he thinks are new and revolutionary.

Every damn week somewhere is a guy talking about core competencies and needing to get buy-in to empower everyone to find scalable solutions that best leverage the company for future growth. Ask him 3 questions about the product they are selling and he goes blank of course.

No offense to those getting MBAs. It actually is a smart moved. Just done be Douchebag Dan when you get done.
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I've noticed this throughout my entire career. I currently work with multiple MBAs, a couple of them from Wharton. The thing about a lot of MBAs, I've found, is if they come from some sort of analytical undergraduate discipline like engineering, they're usually big time contributors in the business world. But a lot (not all) general business majors -> mbas have just been playing business all their lives.

Many MBAs who aren't doing research on Wall St feel the need to constantly show how they're adding value, often to the detriment of the product or solution. No, guy, we don't need a meeting for that. And if you send me a calendar invite for it, I will print it out and wipe my butt with it - it's worth the chaffing to make the point.

I also like working with people who spent a good bit of time in the real world post undergrad and then went and got their MBA. But I've met enough Harvard B-School turds to know that those three letters don't mean you're good at your job.
 
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secfans said:
I've noticed this throughout my entire career. I currently work with multiple MBAs, a couple of them from Wharton. The thing about a lot of MBAs, I've found, is if they come from some sort of analytical undergraduate discipline like engineering, they're usually big time contributors in the business world. But a lot (not all) general business majors -> mbas have just been playing business all their lives.

Many MBAs who aren't doing research on Wall St feel the need to constantly show how they're adding value, often to the detriment of the product or solution. No, guy, we don't need a meeting for that. And if you send me a calendar invite for it, I will print it out and wipe my butt with it - it's worth the chaffing to make the point.

I also like working with people who spent a good bit of time in the real world post undergrad and then went and got their MBA. But I've met enough Harvard B-School turds to know that those three letters don't mean you're good at your job.
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oh god Calander Invite guy is among the worst. I have one right now that simply cannot function if everything isn't on his calendar. We can have a meeting and everyone agree that he needs to complete X by date Y and he won't get it done and then lecture us on "it wasn't on the calendar and I've got too many projects" to remember anything. I hate calander guy so much.

The world needs problem solvers for sure. The problem with Joe MBA is that he actually believes his buzzwords have magic powers.
 
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Fillup Marschell said:
We just need to drill down into the data to see what Douchebag Dan is seeing.



You working on a step raise?
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Negative. Change areas and they look for a masters. Not mandatory. I am getting oulde and was looking a couple years out. I dont care if MBA or masters in counseling, economics or underwater basket weaving. Just an advanced degree. I can spin the rest.
 
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jeramye said:
The thing most likely to send me into a blind rage where I attempt to kill a large number of people is having the guy in a meeting with his fresh MBA thinking he can solve every problem with his buzz words he thinks are new and revolutionary.

Every damn week somewhere is a guy talking about core competencies and needing to get buy-in to empower everyone to find scalable solutions that best leverage the company for future growth. Ask him 3 questions about the product they are selling and he goes blank of course.

No offense to those getting MBAs. It actually is a smart moved. Just done be Douchebag Dan when you get done.
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Just be glad you're not involved in education. It's literally nothing but swinging back and forth between the newest jargon.
 
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A new one for me that’s just popped up in the last month is “guy who cc’s himself on every email he sends”... I don’t know why it’s bothering me so much, but it’s annoying the ish out of me

I like “guy who requests read receipt” - which I always reject - more than guy who cc’s himself...
 
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Fatz Geronimo said:
A new one for me that’s just popped up in the last month is “guy who cc’s himself on every email he sends”... I don’t know why it’s bothering me so much, but it’s annoying the ish out of me

I like “guy who requests read receipt” - which I always reject - more than guy who cc’s himself...
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My phone auto CC's me. Maybe he is just emailing from his phone
 
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I got my Master's in Community Planning at Auburn so that I could get a job in Transportation Planning. Got the job I wanted and I'm locked in for life so long as I don't do something stupid.
 
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bprockman v2.0 said:
I researched several school such as Troy, Auburn, and UAB. UAB will cost me 32k but its in my field. Auburn didnt have what I wanted but they do now but already started UAB
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I don't think you will, but if you're ever tempted to try to transfer to the AU program, don't. They'll only let you transfer around 6-9 credit hours for a master's program. But honestly, pretty much ever graduate school worth its salt in the country operates the same way.
 
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