Should I prioritize getting a rec from my current senior manager who doesn’t know me super well (worked together 3 months so far) but generally likes me...

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...Or from another senior manager who has known me a while (2 years) and also likes me but knows me in the exact same capacity as my first recommender (first recommender is a partner this SM works with)

Both are competent, have already agreed to write recs, and went to T15 MBA programs. Current SM specializes in tech/SaaS strategy which I’m trying to pivot to. But old SM specializes in industry of type of tech I want to go into (e.g. FSI if I wanted fin tech). Any thoughts as to how much having current supervisor matters?

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The latter, just get him/her to write about different things than your first recommender

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