# Congratulate me - I finished my Masters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757 "2010-09-14T19:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/1 "2010-09-14T19:19:58Z")
As of this past Friday, I have officially graduated with a Masters in Business Administration. I’m officially ready to begin exploiting the poor and raping the environment in the pursuit of greed. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/2 "2010-09-14T19:22:39Z")
> [@Sundrop](#): > > As of this past Friday, I have officially graduated with a Masters in Business Administration. I’m officially ready to begin exploiting the poor and raping the environment in the pursuit of greed. A worthy goal, since greed is good. 😃 Congratulations, **Sundrop**! Just remember the little people. Specifically, remember to wipe them off your shoe before entering a decent home. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/3 "2010-09-14T19:26:18Z")
Hey Congratulations!!. Rape a few trees for me. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/4 "2010-09-14T19:54:18Z")
Although im just a senior in high school as of now, I hope to achieve the same degree in the next decade. Save some trees for me. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/5 "2010-09-14T19:58:13Z")
Godd job, we certainly need more MBAs. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/6 "2010-09-14T20:14:14Z")
Congratulations! Now let me teach you how to work the copier. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/7 "2010-09-14T22:04:58Z")
Hey, congrats on the higher education. Good luck with the sloppy 93rds or whatever the environment is up to now. ---
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/8 "2010-09-15T01:28:29Z")
Thanks everyone. And fortunately, I already know how to work a copier. So, you know, I have -that- going for me. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/9 "2010-09-15T01:30:17Z")
Congrats on your hard work and your well-earned accomplishment! Now go get 'em, tiger! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/10 "2010-09-15T05:53:53Z")
Congratulations! I’m a grad student in public policy, and there is some small amount of resentment toward the business school at our university, which has a reputation for…well, douchebaggery. (Frankly, it’s pretty well-deserved. I’m sure you’re not a douchebag, though.) One of my classmates once referred (in the hearing of a friend who was working on a dual degree between policy and business and was so pissed off that he repeated it ad infinitum) to B-schoolers with “they steal from the blind.” So have fun with stealing from the blind! ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/11 "2010-09-15T07:07:51Z")
My condolences. Kidding. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/12 "2010-09-15T14:15:39Z")
> [@Sundrop](#): > > As of this past Friday, I have officially graduated with a Masters in Business Administration. I’m officially ready to begin exploiting the poor and raping the environment in the pursuit of greed. Welcome to our hallowed ranks. What type of poor exploitation or tree raping do you see yourself pursuing with your new title? ---
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/13 "2010-09-15T17:20:54Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Congratulations! > > I’m a grad student in public policy, and there is some small amount of resentment toward the business school at our university, which has a reputation for…well, douchebaggery. (Frankly, it’s pretty well-deserved. I’m sure you’re not a douchebag, though.) One of my classmates once referred (in the hearing of a friend who was working on a dual degree between policy and business and was so pissed off that he repeated it ad infinitum) to B-schoolers with “they steal from the blind.” > > So have fun with stealing from the blind! Heh. Much easier than stealing from babies, the blind aren’t as likely to cry loudly. _ahem_ That said, a friend of ours who has a Masters in Engineering said, when hearing we (my wife and I) were both in the program, “Man, the b-school folks are some of the biggest sharks I’ve ever met. You guys will fit right in.” We took it as a compliment. We had a really interesting cross-section of folks in our program. One of my teammates was probably the last person I’d expect to be in a b-school program. She’s a social worker and plans to get into social entrepreneurship (read: start her own non-profit). > [@WordMan](#): > > > [@Sundrop](#): > > > > As of this past Friday, I have officially graduated with a Masters in Business Administration. I’m officially ready to begin exploiting the poor and raping the environment in the pursuit of greed. > > Welcome to our hallowed ranks. What type of poor exploitation or tree raping do you see yourself pursuing with your new title? Finance in general. More specifically either international finance or commercial banking. There’s some overlap there, but those are my primary areas of interest. I’ve got a couple of irons in the fire, including making it to the final round of interviews for a program for business students with a bank. Right now that’s my top option if it works out. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/14 "2010-09-15T17:23:20Z")
Congrats! Oh, and I totally love this thread title. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/15 "2010-09-15T18:25:52Z")
> [@Sundrop](#): > > > [@WordMan](#): > > > > Welcome to our hallowed ranks. What type of poor exploitation or tree raping do you see yourself pursuing with your new title? > > Finance in general. More specifically either international finance or commercial banking. There’s some overlap there, but those are my primary areas of interest. I’ve got a couple of irons in the fire, including making it to the final round of interviews for a program for business students with a bank. Right now that’s my top option if it works out. Cool - best of luck; just don’t plan to stay there for more than 3 years - get your training in a big company, then find a company you fit with better where you can try to apply that experience… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/16 "2010-09-15T19:52:39Z")
> [@Sundrop](#): > > As of this past Friday, I have officially graduated with a Masters in Business Administration. Congratulations! Now go fetch some coffee for the grown-ups. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/17 "2010-09-17T02:16:31Z")
Congratulations! I just started my MBA…at the school all of Kyla’s friends hate. 🙂 (it’s because we have our own gym, isn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/18 "2010-09-17T02:20:58Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/19 "2010-09-17T02:28:54Z")
Congratulations! And just to thunder-steal: I also finished a Master’s, just a couple of weeks ago. I can now begin my posts with “IANA radiologist, but I have a Master’s degree in Neuroimaging, so I know enough to be dangerous” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757/20 "2010-09-17T10:10:12Z")
Congrats! Just to relax before getting down to the tree pillaging in earnest, [why not kick back by going to a movie?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027718/) 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulate-me-i-finished-my-masters/553757.md?page=2)