Strategy consultant. Am I better off getting an online Comp Sci degree and keep working/get on some tech engagements or going to get an MBA?

No, I don’t know what I want to do. but I like the idea of product management

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Hard to go wrong with an online CS degree. They are really cheap ($10k-$20k for the most part). If you don’t like it, you can always go for an MBA.

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Comp Sci and MBA are both kind of useless from learning perspective but MBA programs do have PM recruitment. However, you are better off joining either 1) PM at a startup or 2) tangential role at mid sized tech and switch to PM and then try PM roles at bigger firms.

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Depends. What's your background currently?

Id suggest figuring out what you want to do first- the good news is both degrees have a wide variety of uses

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5+ years of full-time job as developer and still waiting to reverse a LinkedList at work.

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