MBA after CA?

[dineshvanan005]

Hi, I am a cost accountant and a CA finalist [AGED 22] doing ma 1st yr of articleship. My final exam is due on May-2014.

It is widely said that even if we have two professional courses behind us (CA & CWA) in the beginning our designation will be only asst. manager or deputy mgr. and it will take around 10-15 years for us to reach the positions such as CFO or GM of a comapny.

But on the other hand if i do MBA in Stanford graduate school of business, Harvard business school or IIM after completing my CA i can become the CEO of a co. in less than 5 years.

Since now i am 22, when i complete my articleship my age will be 25. If i take up MBA after that then till the age of 27 i should be studying (provided i dont fail in any exams). I am very much worried about this age factor

Please guide me? Is it worth doing MBA?

 

[joel.francis.7351]

MBA is qualitative, CA is quantitative.

MBA teaches you how to manage a business. CA teaches you how to save taxes.

A CA is better equipped for business and jumps levels in a job as he gets a MBA degree.

 

[Business-education]

Well, both are different like one is east and other west, well opposite attract but, not here. If you really want to pursue CA then please do it after LLB and then you will just earn loads of money. There is scintillating and wide growth of CA with law but not with MBA.MBA is good if you want to study about markets and want to manage business.