I am an Architect with a bachelor's of architecture, I want to transition into product management role and woke in a tech company, can I work there without a CS degree, or which masters should I do to excel into this field such as MBA or ms product management or HCI. I was Also thinking about program management too.

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The tech, especially the PM space is way saturated right now. If you can try to find a role architecture-tech adjacent and build up. It has become super competitive in the past year or so. There are too many qualified and experienced candidates out there with no jobs and this field wants experience

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To give you some idea —for a career switcher like you, you’ll start in a product owner role which is primarily ‘execution’. It’s about working with engineers on product development. It’s also working with business stakeholders and there’s a lot more …
You don’t need a CS degree.
This post describes the different orientations of product mgt - https://www.instagram.com/p/DLCwRZ-R9YU/?igsh=MWlnN2RlMHl5YXU2bw==

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