&gt;<i>&quot;I think its pretty clear, the time invested in a mba degree is quite enough to really improve or learn new technical skills.&quot;</i><p>By &quot;technical skills&quot;, do you mean programming?  Because plenty of financial based technical skills are taught in MBA programs.<p>Of course, HN loves to blame MBAs for everything that goes wrong in tech companies; meanwhile, how many founders can&#x27;t read financial statements, have no idea how to market, can&#x27;t budget, can&#x27;t do HR and get suckered in by VCs?  Plenty.  I think there&#x27;s a direct correlation between people who think MBAs are &quot;useless&quot; and those who don&#x27;t understand that running a business is much more involved and harder than it seems.<p>MBAs aren&#x27;t required in tech in much the same way Computer Science degrees aren&#x27;t required.  But they&#x27;re certainly valuable.