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I had the impression that GoCardless was founded by a few ex management consultants, how come when they 'become' startup founders they start attacking their own trade? Also judging the whole population of MBAs by seeing a few over-anxiously MBA job seekers doesn't do any justice?

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Absolutely. I should have made this clearer, I've added a note in the first para of the post.

The intention was not to attack any trade but to highlight a worrying misconception that seems to be particularly prevalent amongst MBA grads and ex-consultants. A segment that I feel my background makes me particularly able to comment on.

New grads in any field are kind of like this. MBAs that came from business first are probably more humble then this, or already spoken for. They do probably have some value for longer term planning or networking. But that should be in addition to raw technical talent or raw business acumen to get the current job done.

I don't see him attacking the whole population of MBAs.

> The problem is that a large proportion of MBAs ambitions seem to have moved away from entering a large corporate to becoming part of the burgeoning startup scene, and this shift has not been reflected in the course content.

He's really talking about inexperienced, fresh-out-of-school MBAs.

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