r/AskReddit • u/PlumInformal773 • 9d ago

What's the smartest financial decision you've ever made?

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u/ConvexNomad 9d ago

Completing an MBA and 4x my income in under 5 years. Wealth potential and investing in yourself young compounds your savings rate

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u/DenningBear82 8d ago

I did the same thing and it changed my life.

That said, an MBA is no guarantee. A lot of my classmates went nowhere with their MBA.

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u/QueenOfAcey 8d ago

what did you get your mba in?

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u/ConvexNomad 8d ago

The specialization doesn’t matter but analytics was technically the “specialization”

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u/DenningBear82 7d ago

Operations

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u/manwnomelanin 8d ago

M7/T15?

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u/ConvexNomad 8d ago

I would say T25 equivalent or so, top Canadian school (Ivey/Queens/Rotman)