I went to business school

FIELD REPORT FROM CORPORATE AMERICA’S BREEDING GROUND.

Featuring interviews with students at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business; Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School; Ed Freeman, philosopher and professor at Darden; Jeff Pfeffer, professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business; and Scott Galloway, podcast host and professor at the NYU Stern School of Business.

Video by Dan Toomey and Henry Stockwell

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00:00-02:03: Intro
02:03-06:15: Interviewing students
06:15-12:14: Interviewing professors
12:14-12:48: Conclusion
12:48-13:31: Toga party

[GoodWorkMB]

We have now fully investigated schools of business. What should we cover next? Or what schools should we visit? Only coming if toga parties.

[nickc]

It’s comforting to know the people ruining the economy are miserable

[martinconway]

The two professors are a great comparison. The bald guy is drowning in the Kool Aid, and the beard guy is based as hell

[marcialabrahantes]

The ethics professor deserves an entire humor department to himself

[imsleepy]

can't wait until the consultants have their own consultants to consult with about their consulting

[DigitalisGirl]

glad to see society is getting more consultants, we really need more people to consult with

[averylane]

Galloway’s comment about the corporations being the customers and the students the product was really enlightening.

[ThrowAway-jfnw]

Dan Toomey
4 time MBA All Star
2 time MBA Finals Week MVP
2 time MBA Thesis Defensive Player of the Year

[PBoyle]

Something has to be done to stop the influence Coldplay are having on the future management consultants of America!

[aidan]

ethics professor is the type of business professor we need more of

[TheJamonLance]

As a former consultant with an mba who pivoted into product roles in tech:
1) Consulting is just glorified outsourcing
2) The reasons to do an Mba are: prestige, knowledge and network.
2.1) You can get the prestige by starting your own business or side business
2.2) You can get the knowledge on the internet
2.3) You can get the network in consulting
3) to pivot careers you don't need an mba
4) Full time MBA are kind of holidays, executive ones are more valued with better network
5) Tech pays better than consulting
6) You don't need an MBA to own a business, which remains the most profitable option

[EK]

Don't worry Dan, your apartment looks great. Just get a bookshelf with a bunch of books behind you and all of a sudden you become an expert on talking about overpriced business degrees.

[NCISfreak]

That ethics professor seems like the GOAT. Digging at the YT channel was so brilliant off the cuff

[Maxyy]

MBA Student - " I will do anything other than consulting"
Dan - "Finally some diversity"

[elahem]

Listening to this at my accounting job... glad to see I'm not the only person wasting my life

[tombrown]

This is unironically the best youtube channel I've stumbled across in years.

Bravo sir.

[yaojo]

The people demand the full chat with Ed Freeman

[BaronVonSTFU]

All these students should have to read Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber prior to graduating. Just so that they don't think they are crazy when they realize they are getting paid so much to do basically nothing.

[stereo-soulsoundsystem]

"Serial Ted-Talker" is a sly, scathing and underhanded insult and I am here for it

[strauss]

I did my undergrad in mechanical engineering. I dropped out of business school after one semester and started my own business. Everything they 'teach' is just common sense.