Hi , I am BA currently with 4.5 yrs experience in analytics . Is it necessary to go for an MBA(which will be 1 year obv as per my experience ) or i can go by becoming an APM somewhere(obv by learning product related topics)and then becoming a PM. I dont preferably want to do an MBA since i am 28 and will be 29 by the time if i am able to enter any 1 year MBA course .

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Try to switch internally to a PM/APM role if possible

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I chose the later route and that worked for me

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Thanks for the input .

Try to work with your current Prod mngr and understand what he is doing...should give you enuf idea about the role. And then u can try switching into PM roles..

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Trying the same currently .To make a switch into PM role at amazon only

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