It feels like so many Managers from my firm, mbb and other big4 firms are leaving for tech PM roles, most of those roles are post mba levels. Eg: Amazon L6 PM or Google L5 PM. I feel like I made the wrong decision in bschool when I chose this role over my pm offers

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Then switch now. You probably have 30+ years of working ahead of you

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It sounds depressing when you put it like that.

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Just to be clear you’re saying manager levels are leaving into the same roles offered immediately post MBA?

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Yep, same levels. But these managers likely will have higher salaries. Saw this with several with several folks switching to L6 Senior Product Manager at Amazon for example. (I have friends at Amazon who checked these folks’ level as the level is not published externally). I have not seen many, if any, folks getting L7 at Amazon for example.

Product or program managers?

Product Manager

Did these folks have product management experience to begin with? Managers in Consulting tend to put on a number of different hats but may not have the product-level focus and ownership that these roles require.

Each role has its pros and cons - I recently interviewed for an architect role (more tech focus and harder to crack than the typical PM roles) and I realized that I prefer consulting in more areas than I thought. So why do u feel u made a mistake ? It really depends from person to person

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