INSEAD Alum (13D) on the value of an MBA

Question

Sharing an informative message from a tenured INSEAD Alum (ex-google, ex-amzn) on the value of the MBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRH7MA6riE

I hope it gives you another angle and framework to assess your MBA choice.

I am an INSEAD alumna and this message resonated with me.

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bb · Answer

Thanks so much for posting @gypsybear! I have embedded the video into your post

Arro44 · Answer

From what I have seen so far, I genuinely agree with all points mentioned in the video.
However, while I am still in the middle of the MBA experience, as a European doing his MBA in the US I would like to stress the following point, as blunt as it may sound:

Monetary compensation.

I am making around 3x as much as an intern in the states as I was making while working full-time back home.
Comparable jumps in salary would have not been possible even with quick, successive promotions in my previous company.

bb · Answer

Thank you for the comment! Really appreciate it! Congrats on your internship and thrilled to hear about the comp side of it. I do have to say that he perspective changes quite a bit once you get a job and settle in the US. Expenses related to rent, car, lifestyle (being tired of being a broke student) as well as taxes will take a toll on the comp. I know it is not the same as EU taxes but things add up, esp if you have a family and soon you are living paycheck to paycheck

Arro44 · Answer

Completely agree, I learned from classmates that are parents how quickly expenses add up once children are in the picture.

What I am trying to convey to applicants is more along the lines of:

Higher tuition in the US (as compared to EU/Asia) can, at least partly, be offset by higher salaries out of b-school.
While this doesn´t hold true throughout all industries and positions, the compensation for the same role in the same firm tends to be noticeably higher in the US (e.g. Tech/Consulting).

TLDR; Don´t let the high price-tag of a US MBA scare you off without doing a bit of number crunching beforehand.

INSEAD Alum (13D) on the value of an MBA

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