As I counted now, directly and/or more akin to guilty-by-association with their extended coterie (bhai, baini or some sort of 'nata-gota'); my exhibit above consists of 14 random samples. One friend actually provided 4 samples from his family :). Here my curiosity and thus this talk nineteen to the dozen arise out of the one question that is gnarling in my mind; the one that begs an answer. ----- Is there real "monetary/financial gain" over MBA graduates? If any. Lest someone accuses me on focusing too much on monetary and financial aspects of it; with due respect to symbolic, mental, and/or appealing status in academia; nine out of ten of us are here because of the financial gain this or any other western countries promises us. Also, often, regardless of one coming from "developing or failing nation/s," the bottom line is, among others, we definitively are more attracted to monetary benefits in any profession; at least in "general". Nonetheless, it appears that it takes tremendous patience and dogged determination to go thru the never ending process of formal educational pursuits which many of us lack. Kudos to who have achieved the distinction, and good luck to those who are pursuing this. Perhaps we have many generalists from our country; thus, few more specialists would be more of a welcoming factor. I hope it does not however blur the vision and negate the ability to go beyond the confinement of their 'specific' field. Dhe-ba aka $$$, ma chai kati badi kamaucha MBA bhanda PHD le. Any research, or random poll done to find out would be great. Who knows I might be joining the ranks 5-10 years from now; that is if I get time from changing diapers ;). Does anyone have anything that shows some correlation please...... Hmmmmmm..... IndisGuise:) P.S: Ignore typos.