

But spending 2 years of one's life at a full-time school shelling out 100's of thousands of dollars (especially if it is out of their own pocket) will make sense only if one can justify the investment in terms of dollars. I also completely agree that people need to pursue M.B.A with the aim of improving their skills or with the aim of improving their marketability or future career growth but then once you pay the big bucks it alwyas filters down to ROI. I agree this is a bad year but this was an article from 2006. I understand that lives change and people change, which is why it is important to talk to people who have "been there and done that". That is the most important part of this discovery process. This is precisely why I said find out why do you want an MBA in the prior post. If MBA can get you there, there is probably not much meaning to this ROI calculation as you cannot put a price on ability to do what you wanted to (and be happy).

One more important thing to think about is what do you want to do in life. Another problem with this ROI calculation being applied to engineers (I am one too) is that our initial salaries tend to be high but we tend to hit a ceiling around the time we hit 30 (what next after project manager or product manager?). Each person has to take his or her personal circumstances into consideration before making this calculation.

About your ROI description, it is very generic.

The employer didn't provide him any papers for labor cert but somehow he got hold of his I-140 notice approval. He only came to know about this after 3 years after his labor got approved and got I-140 approved. I have a friend who despite eligible for eb2, his employer filed in eb3 without his knowledge. I agree with you completely ! I wish and pray Interfilers and labor substitution applicants rot in hell.
