I'm not going to tell people to get an MBA or a CS degree or take some kind of sabbatical. My MBA found me a better job even before I graduated (I went to evening classes). So I consider it to be helpful to me. I paid my tuition as I went.
Still, an MBA pushed me to start learning programming after seeing the MBA job market vs. programmer job market. Plus I was just used to learning at night after 3 years of evening classes.
If you don't want to get an MBA, maybe consider having one on your team. Don't think you can give yourself an MBA by reading HN. Most of the articles on HN relating to business are simplistic overviews of some of the basic concepts they teach MBAs. This includes anything related to finance, economics, marketing, branding, communication, leadership, critical thinking, and public speaking. It's disappointing when I go to a meetup and the speaker(s) cannot communicate their great ideas or businesses.
Other than the stress of school and work, the worst thing about getting an MBA was the blank stares when I mentioned something about Star Trek in class once (something like, "This case is just like Kobayashi Maru"). Maybe I'm different, then.
Don't have too much of a negative view about MBA people or the degree. They're closely related to computer folks. For instance, like CS, it helps to like math to be good in finance.
I'm not going to tell people to get an MBA or a CS degree or take some kind of sabbatical. My MBA found me a better job even before I graduated (I went to evening classes). So I consider it to be helpful to me. I paid my tuition as I went.
Still, an MBA pushed me to start learning programming after seeing the MBA job market vs. programmer job market. Plus I was just used to learning at night after 3 years of evening classes.
If you don't want to get an MBA, maybe consider having one on your team. Don't think you can give yourself an MBA by reading HN. Most of the articles on HN relating to business are simplistic overviews of some of the basic concepts they teach MBAs. This includes anything related to finance, economics, marketing, branding, communication, leadership, critical thinking, and public speaking. It's disappointing when I go to a meetup and the speaker(s) cannot communicate their great ideas or businesses.
Other than the stress of school and work, the worst thing about getting an MBA was the blank stares when I mentioned something about Star Trek in class once (something like, "This case is just like Kobayashi Maru"). Maybe I'm different, then.
Don't have too much of a negative view about MBA people or the degree. They're closely related to computer folks. For instance, like CS, it helps to like math to be good in finance.