I&#x27;m a developer at a financial services company. I was content to be a developer and let the &quot;business&quot; folks define our stories and I&#x27;d just code them. I never understood the application I was building on a deep level--it was always superficial.<p>A friend convinced me to take a few MBA classes at a local university. The first class was accounting. It opened my eyes to understanding what our product and business owners were saying on my projects at work. Now I could understand the &quot;why&quot; behind the screens I was building! I asked questions that made them re-think their screen mockups. Since then I&#x27;ve graduated and taken classes in Finance, Leadership, Economics, and my favorite: Strategy.<p>I use more knowledge from my MBA in my coding career than the stuff I learned in my undergrad in Computer Engineering.<p>In my experience, an MBA doesn&#x27;t make me a better &quot;coder.&quot; But it has given me confidence and competence in my interactions with customers and the leadership team. I&#x27;m very glad I took the time and effort to pursue my MBA.