""Pcasey"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Interesting question, but I think the question of "which is tougher" and > "which is more valuable" get confused. > > As someone who has an MBA from a top school, I know that it took several > thousand of hours of work and an estimated 12,000 - 15,000 pages of reading. > I am in process on my CCIE, but so far it looks like it will only be a > fraction of that.
I would add that people who are looking at only the work involved in getting a top-flight MBA don't see the whole picture. Not only do you need to figure in the work needed to obtain the MBA, you also have to figure in the work involved in getting admitted to a top program in the first place. For example, let's say you want to get an MBA from Harvard/Stanford/Penn/N'Western/whatever. Well, you can't just show up to class one day and demand that they start teaching you. You first have to be admitted - and let's face it, getting admitted to places of that caliber requires you to have done a whole lot of stuff beforehand. They ain't gonna admit just anybody. Therefore when you add in the work involved in simply getting admitted in the first place, in addition to the work involved in getting the degree, I think it's plain to see that the degree from a top school is many times more difficult than the CCIE could ever be. > > However, how hard it is really doesn't matter. The question is what you > want to do with your life and what you find interesting. Would being an > successful investment banker pay more than being a solid CCIE? Of course. > Would I hate my life? Of course. But, that is just my personal view. This is absolutely true, but I would also add the following. What makes you happy now may not make you happy in the future. Sure, you might like to be the network guy configuring boxes now, but there's no guarantee that this will still be true 20 years later. Maybe you'll still like it, but on the other hand, maybe you want to be the one in the nice office telling other people to configure boxes. Degrees are valuable because of their flexibility. If you want to make a change in your career path in the future, it is far easier to do so with a degree than with a cert. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=59779&t=59481 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
