Elites can't help differentiate themselves from the masses. Who can't afford a pair of dress shoes? How can I signal by better status? I'm so special I get to wear sneakers to work.
*edit*. I just realized that since culture now moves so fast it is becoming more acceptable for regular people to wear sneakers to work. So elites are going to have to go barefoot or something to express exclusivity. If the professor in the lead photo got to teach barefoot I really would say "wow, I could never get away with that".
"Elites" (as in old money types or us new money gunners who climb the corporate ladder) ain't attending Exec Ed programs that don't confer alumni benefits.
Programs like these are priced so that employees can attend with employer sponsorship.
Also, if you are a mid-career SWE or are on track to be one, you'd end up in a similar financial position as most "Elites" who attend B-School or Exec Ed programs - tech is a fairly meritocratic industry compared to other comparable white collar roles.
Clickbait article that imo might be a submarine article for HBS's exec ed program (or at the very least Anita Elberse).
HBS's MBA does place well in the entertainment and media industry, but so does Marshall and Anderson, but exec ed programs like the the one the article is about DO NOT, nor do they confer alumni benefits (AMP/GMP/PLD and Senior Exec programs excluded), unless rules somehow changed in the past couple years.
On a separate note, but I haven't bumped into that many youngish (mid-30s and below) HBS MBA grads anymore either in the tech (PM, VC, TMT) industry anymore - it seems that HBS has almost disappeared in our industry compared to Wharton, Haas, GSB, etc.
hnpolicestate|1 year ago
*edit*. I just realized that since culture now moves so fast it is becoming more acceptable for regular people to wear sneakers to work. So elites are going to have to go barefoot or something to express exclusivity. If the professor in the lead photo got to teach barefoot I really would say "wow, I could never get away with that".
alephnerd|1 year ago
Programs like these are priced so that employees can attend with employer sponsorship.
Also, if you are a mid-career SWE or are on track to be one, you'd end up in a similar financial position as most "Elites" who attend B-School or Exec Ed programs - tech is a fairly meritocratic industry compared to other comparable white collar roles.
yieldcrv|1 year ago
Multiple week long music festivals and retreats for the bourgeoisie where barefoot, robes and rags are in vogue
Its also a lot of fun
TheNorthman|1 year ago
gotoeleven|1 year ago
alephnerd|1 year ago
HBS's MBA does place well in the entertainment and media industry, but so does Marshall and Anderson, but exec ed programs like the the one the article is about DO NOT, nor do they confer alumni benefits (AMP/GMP/PLD and Senior Exec programs excluded), unless rules somehow changed in the past couple years.
On a separate note, but I haven't bumped into that many youngish (mid-30s and below) HBS MBA grads anymore either in the tech (PM, VC, TMT) industry anymore - it seems that HBS has almost disappeared in our industry compared to Wharton, Haas, GSB, etc.