Is B school a good idea as a software engineer?

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Helpful for making the transition into a PM role and avoiding being typecast as a programmer. + if you go to an entrepreneurial school, EVERYONE will court you as a technical co-founder.
I’d argue given the exorbitant fees b school is only worth it if you’re shooting for top-5 (HBS, GSB, Wharton, Sloan, Kellogg) tho 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Agree with IT Pro 1. Pointless to go to bschool to transition into PM. At a minimum, head to top 10 school. I attended the tier below M7 (e.g. Fuqua, Darden, Ross, Hass).

If you want to transition to upper management and you can get into an Ivy League or another top 10 program, it’s totally worth. However, you need to make sure that you want and have the demeanor to transition to management. If you want to continue coding or even be an architect, then business school probably isn’t worth it.

I’m doing it to move into product management. Don’t do it if you want to stay in development.

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