#why mba

[cleverjellyfishsalad]

https://universitykart.com/course/coursedetails/master-of-business-administration

[arty-platypi]

the part where i give up on coming up with ideas by myself

i'm probably going to post a roz x vontra fanfiction on ao3 eventually. I don't want to draw them too off model so they start losing their robot-ness. I freaking love yuri but I also enjoy keeping a sort of believableness in characterizations that I depict. not always of course, i also love making OOC content. but as someone who has always enjoyed villain/hero, in the beginning stages of a ship i like to stay somewhat within their original dynamic. any suggestions for scenarios that would lend well to a oneshot fic are welcome, i can write but slowburn 50k words are not within my current capabilities (still a college student/employee). also ideas for specific drawings are welcome here and in my inbox. i think i still have anon asks turned on but it's been years so let me know if i don't and i'll relearn how to change that. going to bed now, this post won't be staying up and if nobody sees this then i'll just think of something myself, but i always like hearing from ppl that might ship my fav obscure ship.

[lookninjas]

I'm assuming I'm probably the only one following this whole Punk Rock MBA situation, because music YouTubers are more niche than I think they think they are, but it is kind of wild that people are so upset about him just ghosting his fan base and transitioning to full time LinkedIn posting. Partially because full time LinkedIn posting is just... hilarious as a concept, but also -- I mean, I'm from like Fandom fandom. He didn't fake his own death, you know? There's been no cults founded. He's not running off with thousands of dollars that was entrusted to him for a zine/convention/yarn dying. He's not even attempting to copyright a popular fandom trope, or the humble granny square, or someone else's wildly popular novel series that isn't his to copyright (this was for an encyclopedia, too, not just fic, so it was actual quotes). Like... he does sound like an objectively shitty person (using "low vibration" as an insult? My dude). I'm not saying he doesn't sound like a shitty person. I'm just saying there wasn't even a fake nanny, you know?

[drfirefly08]

yeah sure i'll watch a 30 minute youtube video about the harsh economics of ice cream why not

[starscelly]

roope getting some yapping in

dal@min 4.23.23 | round 1

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

god. sometimes i really hate those "10 jobs that you can do WITHOUT a qualification that pay over 100k" and they list something like "human resource management" 130k a year!!! when like. EVERY fucking HR job (and other jobs like this, say like librarian- something that i PAID 17k for and burnt out for in postgrad lmao) strictly DEMAND that candidates must have 1-2 years experience AND an HR DEGREE.

very, very, very, very rarely i see something in HR requiring a TAFE (aussie technical college) certificate (ie MUCH cheaper- 7k) or a diploma in HR. it's almost always a degree, barely EVER "no quals or equivalent experience or similar quals"... even for entry level jobs in hr or most defs management positions.

[academicgangster]

got publicly annoyed at a WhatsApp forward in the alumni group again, lads

[trash-iest]

Another year closer to 25 🤡

[divinekangaroo]

I’ve hooked up with a risk consultant for an MBA marketing assignment. I’m reading his self-started firm’s website and I still have no idea what he or a risk consultant does.

[girlivealwaysbean]

can someone please explain to my mom that i don't want to hear about her and my dad's fights about money omfg

[slechterick]

genuinely starting to wonder if tumblr could've reached financial stability already if they didn't invest time and resources into developing and distributing features that literally nobody asked for and instead focused on garnering goodwill from the existing userbase so that they'd be comfortable giving money to the website

[roseband]

...

[starscelly]

every time someone mentions trading mush and delly for a mid ass defenseman a fairy loses its wings actually

[monsterfactoryfanfic]

if I've learned anything from grad school it's to check your sources, and this has proven invaluable in the dozens of instances when I've had an MBA-type try to tell me something about finances or leadership. Case in point:

Firefox serves me clickbaity articles through Pocket, which is fine because I like Firefox. But sometimes an article makes me curious. I'm pretty anal about my finances, and I wondered if this article was, as I suspected, total horseshit, or could potentially benefit me and help me get my spending under control. So let's check the article in question.

It mostly seems like common sense. "...track expenses and income for at least a month before setting a budget...How much money do I have or earn? How much do I want to save?" Basic shit like that. But then I get to this section:

This sounds fucking made up to me. And thankfully, they've provided a source to their claim that "research has repeatedly shown" that writing things down changes behavior. First mistake. What research is this?

Forbes, naturally, my #1 source for absolute dogshit fart-sniffing financial schlock. Forbes is the type of website that guy from high school who constantly posts on linkedin trawls daily for little articles like this that make him feel better about refusing to pay for a decent package for his employees' healthcare (I'm from the United States, a barbaric, conflict-ridden country in the throes of civil unrest, so obsessed with violence that its warlords prioritize weapons over universal medical coverage. I digress). Forbes constantly posts shit like this, and I constantly spend my time at leadership seminars debunking poor consultants who get paid to read these claims credulously. Look at this highlighted text. Does it make sense to you that simply writing your financial goals down would result in a 10x increase in your income? Because if it does, let me make you an offer on this sick ass bridge.

Thankfully, Forbes also makes the mistake of citing their sources. Let's check to see where this hyperlink goes:

SidSavara. I've never heard of this site, but the About section tells me that Sid is "a technology leader who empowers teams to grow into their best selves. He is a life-long learner enjoys developing software, leading teams in delivering mission critical projects, playing guitar and watching football and basketball."

That doesn't mean anything. What are his LinkedIn credentials? With the caveat that anyone can lie on Linkedin, Mr. Savara appears to be a Software Engineer. Which is fine! I'm glad software engineers exist! But Sid's got nothing in his professional history which suggests he knows shit about finance. So I'm already pretty skeptical of his website, which is increasingly looking like a personal fart-huffing blog.

The article itself repeats the credulous claim made in the Forbes story earlier, but this time, provides no link for the 3% story. Mr. Savara is smarter than his colleages at Forbes, it's much wiser to just make shit up.

HOWEVER. I am not the first person to have followed this rabbit hole. Because at the very top of this article, there is a disclaimer.

Uh oh!

Sid's been called out before, and in the follow up to this article, he reveals the truth.

You can guess where this is going.

So to go back to the VERY beginning of this post, both Pocket/Good Housekeeping and Forbes failed to do even the most basic of research, taking the wild claim that writing down your budget may increase your income by 10x on good faith and the word of a(n admittedly honest about his shortcomings) software engineer.

Why did I spend 30 minutes to make a tumblr post about this? Mostly to show off how smart I am, but also to remind folks of just how flimsy any claim on the internet can be. Click those links, follow those sources, and when the sources stop linking, ask why.