I am feeling pretty guilty about not wanting to pursue an MBA because of how expensive it is. Is it really necessary if i want to exit to tech? Will it set me back? Not interested in MBB or IB.

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Top MBA programs can be game changers. That said, remember that this app is 100% an echo chamber. Many more people have done great things and led happy lives without even giving an MBA a passing thought.

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No. It’s not necessary. None of it is.

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No it’s not necessary, it’s just the most conventional way to change industry’s. If you wanted you could probably network your way into tech, it might not be a faang company, but you could still pivot into tech. People on this app care way too much about prestige and just do what is going to better your life

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Depends on where you’re coming from and where you want to go. I don’t think any big tech require MBAs. But I do know a lot of friends from my MBA who came in without any tech experience and were able to leverage the on campus recruiting to land a solid job at all the big tech firms.

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Definitely not necessary, but can be helpful in making a clean pivot. 1/4-1/3 of my program typically exits in into Big Tech, many from non-tech backgrounds.

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MBA is like an insurance. It may not be useful when everything is going right in life but if one falls through the cracks, MBA can help come out a bit faster. Of course, MBA from a reputed B school. Rest I knw tech folks who have done a lot better in life without MBA.

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That’s some expensive insurance.

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If you want to exit to tech, then get certifications in one or more of the following:

AWS, Azure, GCP, Salesforce, Kubernetes, OpenShift (all hail our RedHat overlords), ServiceNow, Hana, an IoT platform, DevOps, Agile, etc.

A good cert in one of those platforms will get you into tech at a much lower cost than an MBA.

I would lean more toward the Cloud Provider architecture certifications, but that is me.

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Oh, I didn’t even study IT in college. I have a Liberal Arts degree.

Don’t do it

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