NSS: Ahhh... and so it ends

[brainsmile]

Last day of MBA. Took me 15 months to complete. I'm glad it's over.


More silly letters beside my name.

[clutchy]

awesome!! what are these alleged letters?

[Jenny]

Congratulations! That's a big accomplishment! :)

[gear02]

sweet. congrats! Where did you get your MBA? Was it an executive MBA program?

Clutchy, it stands for Master in Business Administration. I'm getting mine next year.

[Kevster]

Congratulations!

MBA is not a professional title, however, like M.D., D.D.S. or P.E.

[Thesifer]

Congratulations!

MBA is not a professional title, however, like M.D., D.D.S. or P.E.

Uhmm from what I can tell.. You still put MBA After your name.

[Kevster]

Uhmm from what I can tell.. You still put MBA After your name.

Does that mean I can put MSEE beside mine?

[gear02]

I think no one should put letters beside their name, doctors and lawyers included. It looks stupid, as if the letters define who you are.

[mcs328]

I don't like calling people doctor unless they are a medical doctor. People who insist aren't worth my time.

[Kevster]

I think no one should put letters beside their name, doctors and lawyers included. It looks stupid, as if the letters define who you are.

I don't sign my name with P.E. at the end of letters or email unless it is in regards to engineering work. I have it on my business cards, since it is required.

[brainsmile]

I'm just glad to be done and getting more teaching offers for business school too now :)

[Houdini]

I think no one should put letters beside their name, doctors and lawyers included. It looks stupid, as if the letters define who you are.

As a doc, I usually don't have M.D. next to many things, like credit card stuff or whatever. But I do use it in clinical and hospital settings, as it's required and expected (like on signs, scrips, cards, etc.) mainly to distinguish from non-medical doctors, such as PhDs, psychologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, instructors, local musicians, etc., who also go by "Dr," as "Doctor" in most settings connotes a medical doctor, and blurring the line can sometimes be hazardous to a patient who doesn't know the difference.

AFAIK, you can add any of your degrees to your last name, but often you'll look silly. It's great to add to a resume or in an interview that you have an MBA, for instance, but putting, say "Joe Schmoe, B.S., MBA., PhD" just looks like you're trying too hard.

I did laugh out loud at a guy in the hospital 6 years or so ago, who was walking around the hospital, head held unnecessarily high in a classic movie snooty pose, in a long, long white coat, with an embroidered name saying, "Joe Schmoe, B.S." I have to say, it was hilarious. I understand he must want to be a doc or something, and likely smiles, at the least, inwardly every time he's addressed as such, but to other docs and other professionals in the hospital, who, well, may have earned a white coat per se, the guy was a complete joke. When was the last tmie you saw a med student with a similar label? Most have BAs or BSs or even Masters', but don't have them embroidered on their short coats. I have seen, "Joe Schmoe, M.D., Ph.D." which IMHO is fine.

[brainsmile]

hehe... funny one Houdini

[Itsme]

Congratulations. After I got my advanced degree lots of new doors opened.

[LegendKiller]

We always ragged on people who put MBA after their name. In our field, so many people have them that it's pretty tacky to put it on a card or in emails. There was one dude with the initials S.O., MBA, so we just called him SOMBA as a joke, I think he finally got it and removed it from his name.

Big accomplishment, but adding it to your name is not smart.

Congrats brainsmile, I know you have worked long and hard.

[MikeD]

Congrats man. Glad to see the hard work paid off. And def lose the MBA after the name...

[clutchy]

Clutchy, it stands for Master in Business Administration. I'm getting mine next year.

i knew that, i thought there were other implied letters...

[brainsmile]

We always ragged on people who put MBA after their name. In our field, so many people have them that it's pretty tacky to put it on a card or in emails. There was one dude with the initials S.O., MBA, so we just called him SOMBA as a joke, I think he finally got it and removed it from his name.

Big accomplishment, but adding it to your name is not smart.

Congrats brainsmile, I know you have worked long and hard.Thanks LK... Your brain power helped me a lot when I had questions about finance for sure. :)

I'm glad to finish it with a 4.0 as well. Just a personal thing. Keeps my lifetime gpa intact.

[Houdini]

We always ragged on people who put MBA after their name. In our field, so many people have them that it's pretty tacky to put it on a card or in emails. There was one dude with the initials S.O., MBA, so we just called him SOMBA as a joke, I think he finally got it and removed it from his name.

Big accomplishment, but adding it to your name is not smart.

Congrats brainsmile, I know you have worked long and hard.

SOMBA! Hey SOMBA, can you get me that report? SOMBA? SOOMMMMBBBAAAA???

I've seen MBA after a name on a business card, but as long as the person isn't an ass, it doesn't bother me. If they talk about it, or point it out or whatever, respect = 0, annoyance = Wow...too big a number.

I know a guy who could write, "Joe Schmoe, BA, MPH, MD" but doesn't. I've known a couple of "Joe Shcmoe, BS, MBA, MPHTM, MD, Ph.D." and that, well, if you have more letters after your name than in your name...

[brainsmile]

I just have MBS in my name. Master of Brain Smile

[sizemic1]

Congrats!

[ShawnLee]

I know a guy who could write, "Joe Schmoe, BA, MPH, MD" but doesn't. I've known a couple of "Joe Shcmoe, BS, MBA, MPHTM, MD, Ph.D." and that, well, if you have more letters after your name than in your name...I think MPH is something worth noting, especially given that public health management is a separate, though related, field.

In my field, it's sort of a joke to put MDiv after the name, but PhD would definitely work.

But then I've seen "The Rev. Dr. Joe Shmo, BA, MS, MDiv, ThM, LittD, DMin, DDiv, etc." so I certainly understand.

While I have every respect for earned titles and degrees, at a certain point, you're just flaunting.

[Markel]

But then I've seen "The Rev. Dr. Joe Shmo, BA, MS, MDiv, ThM, LittD, DMin, DDiv, etc." so I certainly understand.

Ah, the MD, DD, LittD - "Mairzy Doats And Dozy Doats and Little Lamzy Divey"

[hapoo]

I don't like calling people doctor unless they are a medical doctor. People who insist aren't worth my time.



And dentists DAMNIT!

[Maarchk]

Quote:
Originally Posted by mcs328
I don't like calling people doctor unless they are a medical doctor. People who insist aren't worth my time.


And dentists DAMNIT!

Perhaps he's an anti-dentite bastart... :|

Congrats dude. I hope to get mine in august. What school did you go to that let you escape with a 4.0... cause thats just nuts.!

[Houdini]

On a related note, Tuesday I finished my last round of medical boards (USMLE 3) for permanent licensure, at least until I opt to take the psychiatry board exams in a few years. Very laborious. All day Monday and a half-day Tuesday. Sure, most of it is multiple choice, but when your choices aren't "A throught D" but "A through K," things get kind of interesting. So now I'm tired. Exhausted. Time for bed.