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simonwalker

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wonders

我选A，非牛人飘过

furtherstudy

都已经是berkeley的硕士，背景相当不错了。如果以vc为目标，我建议进入vc之前自己要有创业的经历。也许大家都看着vc去派钱好像很过瘾，但没有创业经验的vc长远来看我觉得是不可能有大成的。vc最重要的是看创业团队，并在其发展过程中提供帮助。建议lz研究一下y combinator或者看founders at work这本讲创业故事的书。中国有太多没有startup实战经验的vc，这对于传承创业家精神是没有什么好处的。

我建议留在san fran，这里是硅谷，是创业家，天使投资人和vc的天堂，是全球做startup想朝拜的圣地，你既然能够留在这里，并以vc（创业）为目标，那这里就是你要留下来的地方。
至于工作，硕士毕业留在san fran做编程，那是未来想做startup最好的起步了。我是计算机硕士毕业，但编程丢了5年了，结果明年要去mba，以创业为目标的时候，发现自己的idea自己没有办法实现，找cto做partner也不容易。还好原来一位非常要好的同学，编程能力很好，有自己的idea也需要找偏管理市场的co－founder，我暂时搁置了自己的idea先和他合作。

这两份工作性质截然不同，你的第一份工作会影响你将来整个career，我强烈建议你留在san fran，花3年磨练你的编程能力，并利用san fran的机会多认识想创业的朋友。san fran 高科技的conference，startup的event的机会太多，说起来都妒忌了。呵呵。你已经在很好的创业氛围里面，mba不应该是你首要的目标，就算把它列为目标，就只看stanford，berkeley吧。

simonwalker

>wonders: thx for your cent. could u share more about the reason behind it?

simonwalker

>furtherstdy: 非常感谢你的建议,很有见地.我也觉得一个没有创业过的人是没法在VC做好的.只是我学的是化学工程现在在SF的石油公司做环境和能源方面的工程师,并不是IT方面的,这里的IT公司真的很多很强,几个学IT的同学都在硅谷找到了很好的工作. 只是觉得自己现在还太嫩,说实话没创业的能力也没有太好的idea,待在这里的话也主要是学习和观望.要做的话可能也是clean tech方面的,只是这个门槛太高.自己想读MBA也是想能系统的学习general management,因为一直都是工程背景.然后做咨询这样能了解不同的industry建立人脉,最后进VC,不知道是不是太幼稚和异想天开.
祝你和你的同伴好运.

maurise

VC啊VC 有人光鲜有人苟活

不过还是顶下楼主

ChinaRepresent

hehe... I was where you are 7 years ago, I am where you want to be now. Similar decision, I made my choice. Now, I am very content.

Don't worry too much about getting MBA. Very few people can follow through their original plan. On the other hand, so so many people end up having great or greater careers without a MBA.

mopton

I'lll choose option A. A master from UC-Berkeley is enough, you might not need an MBA at all.

simonwalker

>ChinaRepresent: Thank you for your insight. May I know which opportunity did u take at ur time?  I hope one day I am able to proceed my career on the way I want without a MBA but until then a business education still kinda has a position on my mind.
BTW: I dont mean to be  presumptuous but I do have an idea to start a business at this moment, May I talk with u more about it by sending u msg here?

simonwalker

>mopton: thank you for your advice. I feel like there are two voices inside me one says: go and do what u r really passionate about and dont care too much although its highly risky. the other says: be patient young man, it takes time. get a good job at US and then get a good MBA and then we will see. its safe.
I admit I am a little bit obsessive but it really drives me crazy now