MBA not key to success, Sandberg says

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg thinks business school is not necessary, or even very useful, for people who want to work in technology, according to a post on the question-and-answer website Quora. In a post authored by a profile that Quora verifies as Sandberg’s, the COO responded to a question about whether her MBA was helpful, or lent “additional credibility or other advantages.” Sandberg said she got something out of the Harvard degree she earned in 1995, but was not ready to recommend it to the country’s future tech stars.

“While I got great value from my experience, MBAs are not necessary at Facebook and I don’t believe they are important for working in the tech industry,” Sandberg wrote.

“I believe — and at Facebook we believe — that degrees are always secondary to skills. In hiring at Facebook we care what people can build and do,” she wrote.