3 Responses to “Dilbert Comic”

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   Robin
   Jul 14th, 2008 at 11:03:09

   I saw this the other day and thought of you. I started to forward it but not sure what happened besides I never did. Glad you saw it. Management is a tricky area of business for many reasons. You have to decide what you prefer programming in your case or going to meetings and playing the political game. Good luck!! This is true in almost all careers. Do you move up and take on more responsibility to get bothered down by meetings and politics?

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   Jez
   Jul 16th, 2008 at 20:44:37

   Nice. I hope to be in a management position within the next year, but I won’t have my masters. I’m still debating on whether it’s worth going back for. My boss has me scheduled to take some management training this year, so we’ll see how that goes first. If you learn anything you find really useful, let me know!! Maybe in a couple years we can discuss experiences!

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   Chris
   Jul 16th, 2008 at 20:50:40

   I think the choice and what you get out of an MBA depends on the person. Since you’ve been with Kroger for quite a while and are being offered management training, I think you don’t necessarily need an MBA. Experience counts for so much more than sitting in a classroom. But then you won’t be able to put an MBA on your resume. But then you won’t been to if you can put actual management experience on your resume. I like the classroom, though, and I’m using this to potentially change my career path towards econ or finance, so it makes more sense for me to go to grad school. I’ve only taken the foundation level classes so far, so haven’t learned too much that I didn’t learn in undergrad, but what I have learned has really helped me with my job - and help with getting a new one. You can get some of that from the management training seminars, but it will probably be a little more focused than an actual MBA program, for the good or bad.

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