getienne wrote:
If you have confidence in your MBA programs ROI then I agree with mrblack on going to Dubai. Living in such a high profile foreign city such as Dubai may change your outlook on life.
Thanks for advice guys. I'm really having totally 50-50 feedback on this one. Though people who are somehow related to MBA tend to tell me Dubai. I guess to a lot of non-engineers, non-MBAs, engineering just sounds "deeper" than teaching, while Dubai sounds glamorous and maybe enviable rather as a bar conversation. For Dubai, I'm afraid of getting smirks from interviewers who might want "real industry" experience from candidates for associate consultant positions.
So I guess I wonder how much pre-MBA experience counts for post-MBA recruitment, and I
am counting on being in the top of the class academically (and Rotman is rather academically-focused). In terms of my own feel;ing, I'm starting to think of Dubai as a fun, life experience, while engineering would be a less risky investment into future. But does it really make a difference to my future, that is the question.
getienne, you seem to be an engineer with tech-heavy experience. The engineer job in question is in a company that designs, builds, and then sells metal roll-forming machines, and my position would be Mechanical Designer. What do you think, how much business-relevant knowledge can I gain in one year working at this position, considering its a medium-sized business and the engineering director promised me exposure to as much variety as possible? How do you personally relate your engineering and technology experience to the MBA classroom?
Appreciate your advice.