Software Business in the Middle East

After graduation from the university I thought many times about getting another degree, like PhD or MBA.

But always these thoughts ended up with understanding that further studying would only be for getting a cool title and for having nice words written on my business cards. That’s really bad motivation to spend a few years of your life for further education.

Several years ago I suddenly found myself in situation when after years of programming I would need to manage a team of 7-12 people working in different countries separated from each other by 9 hours flights. The first thought was to go to some management training. My chief was wise enough to suggest me waiting until I make my own mistakes trying to solve daily management problems, and only then go to the training. That was really smart decision. Later on the training I was looking for the answers to my questions. If I went there just for getting a nice looking piece of paper that confirmed I’d successfully finished the management courses, I guess the result would be much worse.

Now I feel it’s time to start studying again. I have a lot of questions in my mind I need to find the answers for. There are also a lot of new knowledge that I need to discuss with others and formulate properly – hopefully in my next diploma.

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