People who put "MBA" in their titles.

[TheVrolok]

I put such things after my name only on my CV or where appropriate. I don't have 'em in for day to day communication, but if I'm doing business in a certain area or making a certain kind of contact then I will include credentials.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: sindows
Obviously it makes her feel more empowered in an industry dominated by white males 😛

I bet she also uses synergy, teamwork, etc. a lot too...If she had CFA after her name, I would be much more impressed.


Its sad for me as a finance major to think that years and years ago, a business degree was held in the same regard as a medical/law degree. Now its the degree for people who think psychology is too hard...

Years and years ago, ANY degree was held in a high status. To college folk a business degree has always been considered a pretty easy field. If you want challenge, you go into science. If you want slightly less challenge, you go into engineering.

I know this will probably spark some stupid debate about majors, but that's really how it is. Major difficulty goes science > engineering > pseudoscience > business > liberal arts. That doesn't say anything about the merit of each degree, it just pertains to the overall difficulty. In a lot of cases a business degree is "worth" more than various science/engineering degrees, if all you care about is income.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
lol yeah, its horrible. Don't put Phd. for that matter either. Unless its strictly relevant (hardly ever).

No, NEVER put PhD. If you have a PhD, you're allowed to use the Dr. title. That's what it's there for. There's no reason to put PhD in your name, EVER.

PhD = Doctor
MD = Doctor
Anything else = don't fucking put it in your name or else you're a dipshit

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: WingZero94

Originally posted by: Drako
This happened to me several years ago.

I have a cousin who is a dentist, and I got word from my aunt (his mother) that he was upset with me. Apparently he was really disturbed that I was addressing Holiday cards with the following:

<<<Mr. and Mrs. Snootikins and Family.

He wanted:

<<<Dr. and Mrs. Snootikins and Family.

Needless to say, I just started sending cards to them as:

The Snootikins Family.

Saves on the drama 🙂.

Dr? Dentists aren't doctors.....

What do you think D.D.S ot D.MD stands for?

Dumb Dentist Shithead
Dipshit Master Dentist?

 

[Soundmanred]

Originally posted by: ICRS
PiMP is just as prestigious as CPA, but neither are as prestigious as an FSA or FCAS.

Fixed.

 

[spittledip]

I sense alot of jealousy in this thread. very sad. sad little people.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
I like Russ' sig - NCNE

No Certificates No Education. :laugh:

I always thought that stood for No Chicks Never Ever 😛

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: spittledip
I sense alot of jealousy in this thread. very sad. sad little people.

I really don't see any at all. I have my MBA (3.95 gpa, honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma, worked for the president of the whole univ. on the dean's recommendation), but I'd get my ass laughed off if I put MBA anywhere near my resume, business cards, or sigs. It just makes you look like a fucking moron, especially to the people who have "been there, done that".

I do not know *one* guy on Wall St. (and I know a lot) that puts MBA anywhere.

CFA is a different thing and I use that a lot. Cars, sigs, resume...etc.

I really don't see much jealousy here.

 

[Toonces]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: spittledip
I sense alot of jealousy in this thread. very sad. sad little people.

I really don't see any at all. I have my MBA (3.95 gpa, honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma, worked for the president of the whole univ. on the dean's recommendation), but I'd get my ass laughed off if I put MBA anywhere near my resume, business cards, or sigs. It just makes you look like a fucking moron, especially to the people who have "been there, done that".

I do not know *one* guy on Wall St. (and I know a lot) that puts MBA anywhere.

CFA is a different thing and I use that a lot. Cars, sigs, resume...etc.

I really don't see much jealousy here.

Vanity plates? Or have you done the whole thing in ricer-esq decals?

CFA sticker +10 hp!

:laugh:

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: toonces

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: spittledip
I sense alot of jealousy in this thread. very sad. sad little people.

I really don't see any at all. I have my MBA (3.95 gpa, honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma, worked for the president of the whole univ. on the dean's recommendation), but I'd get my ass laughed off if I put MBA anywhere near my resume, business cards, or sigs. It just makes you look like a fucking moron, especially to the people who have "been there, done that".

I do not know *one* guy on Wall St. (and I know a lot) that puts MBA anywhere.

CFA is a different thing and I use that a lot. Cars, sigs, resume...etc.

I really don't see much jealousy here.

Vanity plates? Or have you done the whole thing in ricer-esq decals?

CFA sticker +10 hp!

:laugh:

lol, shoulda had a "d" in there. Fun nonetheless.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
Not at all and it's retarded. She is trying to make up for something. What school is her MBA from? University of Phoenix?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: sactoking
MBA is as tough or tougher than the following:

CPA (Certified Public Accountant)
CFP (Certified Financial Planner)
ChFC (Chartered Financial Consultant)
CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter)
AFSB (Associate in Fidelity and Surety Bonding)
etc.

From a difficulty standpoint, if you omit MBA for ridiculosity, you must omit these and their ilk as well. However, many INDUSTRIES value 'professional designations' as highly or more highly than a degree. In those industries, it makes sense to add them.

I'm sure Management Consultants would be comfortable adding MBA to their name. For their industry, it gives credibility, just like saying TQM (Total Quality Management).

Except everything you listed but the the MBA requires you to take classes annually afterwards to remain certified.

ps. I have a MBA and would never put it in my sig.

 

[dud]

"I have a MBA and would never put it in my sig."

Same here. It was painful to get but I would never (and have never) even considered putting "MBA" behind my name.

 

[Tobolo]

Originally posted by: sjwaste

Originally posted by: Drako
This happened to me several years ago.

I have a cousin who is a dentist, and I got word from my aunt (his mother) that he was upset with me. Apparently he was really disturbed that I was addressing Holiday cards with the following:

<<Mr. and Mrs. Snootikins and Family.

He wanted:

<<Dr. and Mrs. Snootikins and Family.

Needless to say, I just started sending cards to them as:

The Snootikins Family.

Saves on the drama 🙂.

Oh yeah, I love it when I call someone Mr. and it's corrected as Dr. (or overhear it). One of my buddies shrugs it off really well, with sort of a quick "yeah" and restates, so Mr. so and so. You can see the other person getting upset. It's awesome.

I have done that one time. I went into a building looking for someone and I was corrected and told they were a Dr. Never made that mistake ever again. (Of course he became my boss and If I go one day without speaking to 10 PHD's it's a miracle).

~Tob, BS (Bull....)

 

[LS21]

A buncha sensitive complexes in here. "my certification is more difficult than yours!"

i know people who put degree designation after their names - theyre extremely nice humble and well mannered in person and also good at what they do

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
A guy at work has this little nugget after his name:

VCP3, BCSD, BCFP, MCSE, RHCT, CCNA, ASE

:laugh:

Wow, MCSE? I could probably pass MCSE just on my 1337 nerd knowledge...

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: spittledip
I sense alot of jealousy in this thread. very sad. sad little people.

I really don't see any at all. I have my MBA (3.95 gpa, honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma, worked for the president of the whole univ. on the dean's recommendation), but I'd get my ass laughed off if I put MBA anywhere near my resume, business cards, or sigs. It just makes you look like a fucking moron, especially to the people who have "been there, done that".

I do not know *one* guy on Wall St. (and I know a lot) that puts MBA anywhere.

CFA is a different thing and I use that a lot. Cars, sigs, resume...etc.

I really don't see much jealousy here.

Yea, I have an MBA and work with quite a few. I have only seen one guy put MBA on something and that was a real estate guy's refrigerator magnet.

I'm in Betta Gamma Sigma too. Did you find it useful for something? I don't believe I ever used it for anything except on job applications that ask if I was in any honor societies.

 

[Bateluer]

If you've attained a degree or certification that actually takes some effort to get, than I see nothing wrong with a little bragging. If you had a PhD for example, or Cisco's CCIE, but if your email signature block is longer than the actually email . . . I can't think of a way to end that. Some organizations require obscenely long signatures, confidentiality statements, etc. We used to have this dingus butter bars attach 10MB powerpoint slides to emails to tell us about the retirement of some random NCO/officer in the wing that we'd never met.

Used to log in to check my email and find three of those damn slides sucking up 30MB of space, then 3 pages of warning emails from Exchange telling me that my inbox was closed for being full.

 

[TehMac]

Be nice.


TehMac, pwnz0r

 

[ICRS]

I know someone who puts. CFA, CPA, FRM, PRM after his name. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.

 

[mb]

Hmm.. I have an MBA, but I've never even considered putting it in my title.

mb, MBA

 

[ICRS]

I also know someone who has an MBA from "National University" in California, and they always sign with MBA after their name. It is 1000 times worst if you know what National University is.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: ICRS
I also know someone who has an MBA from "National University" in California, and they always sign with MBA after their name. It is 1000 times worst if you know what National University is.

I just googled National University :laugh:

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: sjwaste

Originally posted by: Drako
This happened to me several years ago.

I have a cousin who is a dentist, and I got word from my aunt (his mother) that he was upset with me. Apparently he was really disturbed that I was addressing Holiday cards with the following:

<<<Mr. and Mrs. Snootikins and Family.

He wanted:

<<<Dr. and Mrs. Snootikins and Family.

Needless to say, I just started sending cards to them as:

The Snootikins Family.

Saves on the drama 🙂.

Oh yeah, I love it when I call someone Mr. and it's corrected as Dr. (or overhear it). One of my buddies shrugs it off really well, with sort of a quick "yeah" and restates, so Mr. so and so. You can see the other person getting upset. It's awesome.

I don't know that I'd ever personally make the correction, but in my opinion, with the amount of work that goes into earning the title of "doctor," if a person wants it affixed, they generally deserve it.

However, a big part of it depends on the situation. If the correction is made in order to assert or clarify your credentials, then it's definitely warranted. But if it's made at a family BBQ, it's a tad pretentious.

Good points.

 

[jonessoda]

There are legitimate reasons to put in some titles or degrees.

Like, on a sign, putting a professional degree (such as JD, MD, DO, DDS, DVM, LLM where that's higher than a JD, DCM, Pharm.D., etc.) after your name, or in official correspondence relating to your field. As in, a doctor writing a letter about a patient to another doctor, or a Ph.D. writing a professional letter.

But I can't think of a single reason to put a master's degree except for the LLM (again, in locations such as the US where it's considered a higher degree than the JD) and especially not a bachelor's in correspondence besides a CV or resume.

Also, MDs, DOs, DDSs, and DVMs are entitled to be addressed as doctor if they desire, especially in a professional setting. It's polite to address a Ph.D. as doctor in a professional setting, or as "professor" if they teach. If they insist upon it outside of a professional setting, you might as well just to avoid hurting their feelings, but everybody'll know they're insecure and uptight. JDs are generally not addressed as "doctor."

Finally, I think it'd be awesome if people with master's degrees insisted on being referred to as "Master Lastname."