Whenever I get asked about a topic where there's clear orthodox HN groupthink, I always point to MBA discussions. MBAs get universally dunked on here, a lot of it well-deserved. But I argue that it's not the degree itself that makes people like the stereotypical "MBA bro" that everyone here hates, but rather the kinds of people who tend to go for the degree.

It's not like you're a talented, highly technical software developer, get an MBA, then suddenly forget how to code and only know how to reduce costs by 4% per year. I mean, I don't think I forgot how to code. But I did encounter classmates who boil down businesses to spreadsheets where human beings are merely "capital resources that ate lunch". I can assure you the piece of paper with "MBA" written on it didn't suddenly make them that way.

I'm not going to stop HN from dunking on MBAs but I encourage people to look a little deeper than the person's diploma before judging them.