It confuses me endlessly that MBAs should be so misunderstood by so many people, it being suggested that they are only good for networking, that people with MBAs are cold and evil, and so on. They&#x27;re simply a course which teach you the fundamentals of several areas which are relevant to business. It&#x27;d be like saying that a degree in CS would be superfluous for somebody who wants to program. If you love programming, then you&#x27;ll get value from every aspect of a CS degree. Likewise for an MBA and business. Also, truly they only teach the fundamentals. An MBA&#x27;s exposure to marketing&#x2F;accounting&#x2F;management would be <i>far</i> more diluted than that of an 18 year old who pursues a degree in one of these specific areas, so I&#x27;m not sure why people seem to be so threatened by the MBA.<p>It&#x27;s also funny to read in the article that Thiel has said MBAs are useless, because his books are a joke when compared to the most basic business courses. It&#x27;s also laughable that Sandberg would say this, having already gotten an education from a place which has been central to business trends globally for decades. It&#x27;s likely that Facebook et al would not exist without HBS and similar institutions in the US.