Fresh off the boat

"Fresh off the boat" was a interesting American comedy describing a second generation Chinese living in Florida where they seem to be quite familiar yet sometimes struggle with. As an MBA graduate from a second-tier business school in a bad job market, I seem to have lost my identity as an MBA graduate as well.

MBA was a degree that had gained rapid popularity over the past few decades attributing to its marketing success as well as its payoff ability. Inundated by overqualified individuals, I decided to approach a similar degree to play safe.

"Rare is valuable", just as we were taught in a basics economics class, the price is often decided by the interaction of supply and demand. An attractive degree that attracted demand has caused the abundance of MBA graduates in the market, and the price is not so great any more.

I come from a very diverse background with totally irrelevant experiences and is hot-headedly lured by the figures that MBA graduates make $100,000USD annually. This is in fact not true and mostly dependent on the industry, the skill-set and more importantly the school.

I will take you through the life after this MBA program and we will eventually assess whether or not if this was indeed a "positive NPV investment".