Is it common for engineers to get an MBA and move into the finance sector? Why? /u/garbageaxount CSCQ protests reddit

So I don’t have much guidance but I’m reading that many engineers get mbas and then move into the business area of it all and do very well but why go through getting and engineering degree to then do something with business? Isn’t it easier to just get a degree in business and then an mba ?

So I don’t have much guidance but I’m reading that many engineers get mbas and then move into the business area of it all and do very well but why go through getting and engineering degree to then do something with business? Isn’t it easier to just get a degree in business and then an mba ?