I am thinking of going into business and would like to get an MBA. I have 8 years of experience writing software professionally and a background in CS. My goal is to learn about business, running them, scaling them, raising money, etc.
Will getting an MBA help me achieve this goal?
Yes for some. No for some. Depends on the university, the individual and what you plan to do with it.
No. I have one, it teaches no more than a community College level understanding of running a business. Read Joshua Kauffman’s book, The Personal MBA first. THEN: Take a biz or Entrepreneurship certificate.
UNLESS you want to be a NON-OWNERSHIP corporate executive. That’s when it’s useful NOT for specific knowledge, which again is superficial, but for clout. You don’t even learn about employment law for managing employees in a legal way, you don’t learn how to get financing, you don’t learn anything you can’t get out of a business certificate class
No.
Get social skills and network.