Has anyone here explored MS Comp Sci/MBA dual degree programs e.g. Stanford? Non-technical health background, will probably leave at EM and thinking about whether it would be worth the time. Cont...

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Masters of CS are completely unnecessary for product. Dont bother unless you want to become a engineer yourself.

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Main reason would be for reasons described. People I’ve spoken with have suggested that a more technical education would be helpful for me - whether it’s an online or a full time one. I can approach it from a clinical and business perspective, but as a healthcare professional I don’t feel well versed enough in CS to know what I don’t know, e.g. methods to construct NLP models to simplify clinical trials, what is realistic vs buzzword, etc etc, because I don’t have that background.

Long term I don’t think consulting is a place I could remain - have been here long enough to know that I would want to transition into operating roles in health tech, which I could probably do regardless.

Is a desire to be more well versed in the technical aspects of CS enough justification for further education? That’s what I don’t know.

One cheaper option could be doing just the MBA and a reputable coding bootcamp the summer before.

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Some background - will have ~4 years of WE by time of application. Interested in nuts and bolts of tech and its applications in healthcare. I know you don’t need a technical background to be a product manager but I want to learn the foundations, gain exposure to the cutting edge and be able to fluently speak the languages (and not simply know how to code a bit). Would love some feedback from those who considered this path as to its merits and what would make this program worth it or not worth it.

Also considering going with the MS Comp Sci and skipping MBA entirely.

How on earth is a mba cheaper than ms?

I don’t think dual degree is charged like that

Yeah, that would probably be more expensive overall. I believe Stanford’s online CSMS is ~60k total. Georgia Tech’s even cheaper - <10k.

I’m not entirely sure whether a coding boot camp is for me, as I’ve been told they are generally focused on teaching you to code to get a job as a developer.

Im having the exact same internal debate rn—any updates on this, author?

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