Bringing this topic to the broader bowl: why is product manager at a big tech deemed a more respectable role than an internal Consulitng/biz ops role? I have interacted with some product managers at big tech. It seems to me the focus of PM work, especially at a big tech, is quite narrow: you start off improving a button, a UI, a small feature release, and nature of the work is very operational. Can someone explain to me the reason behind MBA grads flocking to PM path vs. say google biz ops?

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Revenue generating vs support role (and therefore implied access to internal opportunities / exits); perceived prestige

The perception thing is real at business schools but really doesn’t matter much at the end of the day - your career is your own

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OP - not at tech companies. Internal strategy is advice for the product teams or super high level trajectory, not the actual roadmap. PMs make the roadmap. In big tech bizops probably makes like 70-80% of PMs at junior levels, gap widens at senior levels.

I’m on a product team at a tech unicorn and I’ve never heard anything from strategy lol

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And do Product manager track have higher compensation/more profitable trajectory?

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