My parents expect me to go to university and get an MBA I already

>>17378666
Do a deal with them. If after five years you haven't advanced sufficiently at work, you'll get the MBA. If you are doing well, it will be evidence you don't need it.

>>17378666
Most MBAs are 2-year programs, not 4-year.

That said, your parents come from a different generation. Our generation has literally been screwed over for the last 50 years, first by the generation that was handed everything and coddled and selfish, then by the generation that worked hard and built up a name for themselves and expects that if people do exactly what they did they'll be successful.

We're having our money and resources drained by the one, and false expectations thrust on us by the other, who grew up in an age before the internet and before two massive stock market crashes (leading to the first decade in recorded history that the stock market didn't gain value)

The truth is: universities are a surrogate for experience. Instead of working in the field for 5-10 years, you can get a 4 year degree (for $60,000) and land the same job. If you're happy in your position and building up experience, then in 5 years no one will care what your degree was or what college you went to. They'll want to see your work experience and portfolio.

Unfortunately, your parents won't accept that until they see it with their own eyes. In their world they went to college and as a result landed a corporate job where they were flown first-class around America and drank with businessmen every Friday. So they think if you do the exact same your life will be awesome.

It will be hard not to start a fight about it. My wife is in the same position: her mother told her that if she didn't do X, Y, and Z she'd be a miserable failure. And her mother stopped talking to her for two years. Now they're on great terms because her mother has seen her success, saw her get a house, saw her get a great job,... it just took proof.

Just remain positive, remain resolute, and be prepared for a year or two of a bad relationship with your parents before they understand and accept that you've found another way to be successful.

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>>17378677
Ty anons, and yeah its probably best to just let my experience and savings do the talking.

You're definitely spot on with the generation gap.
Back in high school, whenever I showed an interest in a potential career path that didn't involve math, science or business, they just told me there's no future in it because they read it in some online article that one time or heard it in some irrelevant radio show.

My mom actually wants me to start a business and be my own boss, but I could just do that by starting an online store.

But that's not "le real job" so I might as well be a hobo in their eyes kek.