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Hi All, My sister has done Computer Science engineering Bachelor degree and has 5 years of work experience in India. She is applying for MBA at https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/mba/full-time-mba/ and https://kelley.iu.edu/programs/full-time-mba/academics/majors-minors/marketing.html. Her overall goal is to get into Software Product management. Any suggestions if any of these MBA’s can open path in the desired space or if she is better of doing an MS in Comp engg. to further develop deeper Technology skills. Thanks
Is product manager work admin heavy?
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I'm on a similar journey after 10ish years in consulting. Here are my impressions:
-there are no certifications/certificates/courses that are clearly recognized as points of entry for product management
-the best 2 options I have found are 1, to join product management directly at a startup who is willing to take a chance on you, then you can move to bigger firms over time. Or 2, join a larger tech firm in a product management adjacent role (like product marketing or product strategy) and try to transfer or job hop to product management later. An option 3 would be to apply to big tech (think faang) PM roles directly and hope for the best, but this is such a hail Mary (or is mostly feasible for somewhat rare pre-existing backgrounds) that I don't consider this a feasible path.
-that being said, a masters degree in CS could make you more attractive, as lack of tech knowledge often is a limiting factor for aspiring Product managers
-and even that being said, a 2 year MBA at a top school, perhaps combined with a CS masters or product certificate (Northwestern has a top 10 mba program and a new product management program) may be the clearest, shortest path to PM at a more established tech company, due to the robustness of established recruiting pipelines.
Hi, why do so many consultants what to change to Product Manager?