I turned down a prestigious MBA to join a startup, and now my parents think I'm throwing my life away. How do you handle family pressure in your career decisions?

Did the exact same thing Gave up tier 1 MBA offer for a role in a tech company.

It worked out well for me. Parents found it to be weird, but a few years later, they now trust me with things. They understood that I know some things better and will take the right calls.

Note: my relationship had never strained. Just that they questioned.

I hope the same happens with you, it's the best feeling.

You can do MBA and work at startup as a consultant/intern.

MBA will open many short term and long terms doors for you.

I can suggest a better arrangement where you don't need to sacrifice one for another. Feel free to DM

Turned down MBA right after engineering and joined a start up. Soon became part of the top management team. Start up went bankrupt, worked without pay for a few months. Had to quit after I started defaulting on bills

I had to restart my career, compromised on pay and finally in a job that pays me alright. But I am way behind many people who followed conventional path.

I've come to terms with it.

Doesn't mean to scare you, but just he ready for all possibilities

But my family had no interference, they supported me through all lows

See After college your life anyways gonna be hell , you get 1 crore Or 10k , its all same

@GullibleOil indeed College name matters a lot. Those who don't go to top colleges will definitely REGRET doing MBA. Infact in 80-90% of colleges are WASTE of both TIME , MONEY. @DaringTrain will not share his college name for the same reason...lol

If you've gotten an offer from IIM BLACKI, FMS Delhi, or ISB - reconsider your decision.

These schools provide a great great alumni network and would help you 10x the outcomes at your startup.

I'm an alum from one of these schools, and working at a startup.
I rely vvv heavily on my alum network for the success of my startup and it's proving to be the best ROI ever.

Been there man: gave GMAT, got a good score, was all ready to apply for M7 bschools with a above average odds for conversion - while working on apps realised I actually didn’t know why I was doing this, said fuck it and ditched those plans.

Parents were ofcourse confused that what just happened but I think by now they’ve realised I know what I am doing so they know I’ll figure out and do just fine. Just sit down and explain it in very very dumb language why you did what you did - it works more often than not :)

You did a mistake. I am working at a reputed bank. Seen folks with 3-4 years experience working as directors over here who are from top B schools Which takes normal people atleast 15-20 years to become a director. One from top B schools can easily become a VP within 5-7 years.

If you still have the offer to join mba, go for it.

Or give an year for startup and see how it goes. If you to think you can make post mba salary in startup and make it big. Continue in tech.

If not, go do that mba or abroad masters. In the long run, these degrees do help. At very high chances you will be able to study when young vs old with responsibilities.

Bhai startup vs mba ye sab kuch nahi hone wala see many politicians and uneducated people doing better than you guys ...kuch bda karna ke liye common sense chahiye aur life experience...tier 1 is rotten concept in india it creates divide and disparity in society that's it ...