Had another 'chat' with my parents last night. It's always the same topic lately: M7 MBA.
Look, I get it. They're doctors, super accomplished, and they just want the 'best' for me. In their world, that means a top-tier degree, the kind with brand recognition that opens any door. They see an MBA from Harvard or Stanford or Wharton as the ultimate stamp of success.
And yeah, maybe I could do it. I work hard, my GMAT practice scores are decent, I know how to package myself for applications. That's almost the frustrating part. It feels achievable, technically.
But I just don't want to? Like, at all? I'm 26, earning 25 LPA in a job I actually find interesting most days. It's challenging, I'm learning, I have a good work-life balance for the most part. Why would I throw that away right now, spend an insane amount of money (and take on debt), and basically pause my life for two years to get a degree I have zero passion for?
It feels like it's purely for their bragging rights, not for me. Every conversation ends with them saying it's an investment, it'll pay off, think of the network... I know all that. But my gut just screams no. It feels like chasing a definition of success that isn't mine.
It's exhausting trying to make them understand that being content and earning well now isn't settling. It's just... living my life? They think I'm being shortsighted or unambitious. I think I just want something different than the path they envision.
Anyone else deal with this? This constant pressure to follow a specific, pre-approved elite track, even when you're actually doing alright on your own? Feels like I'm disappointing them by just... being okay with my current reality.
Needed to get that off my chest. Back to pretending to look up M7 application deadlines I guess.