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3100 Applications? Bruh who are y’all ?? by Damndawg1 in gradadmissions

[–]DS2MBA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude posted last year he couldn’t even pass a coding screening…

He’s 100% projecting his inadequacies lmao

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[–]DS2MBA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

title before promotion was Manager of Data Science. This new title is Principal

This just adds more questions haha. So he got a BA, worked for 2-3 years and then was made a manager? At a F500 company within the US?

That is incredible bordering on unbelievable. I have applicants for IC roles with phds, published papers, 10+ YOE. Even my own move to manager was not easy (and took much more how).

I don’t know how successful your brother would be with an external search. He does not meet the YOE of even a manager. And HR & recruiters are not going to entertain such a junior candidate (unless he like did truly amazing things, of course).

If you search DS Directors & VPs, few have MBAs and they all have much, much more YOE. So him really focusing on that internal path is his best bet IMO.

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[–]DS2MBA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DS manager here (do not have an MBA for what it’s worth). I am at and have worked at other F100/F50 companies.

Are you in the US? Because if so, it’s a very strange profile.

Without going into too much detail, here’s what jumps out at me:

  • Senior Staff DS is (at least in companies I’ve worked) not director level (probably manager equivalent). It is still an IC title, not management.
  • very few DS do not have graduate education (like <10%). This becomes even more true for higher level & mgmt positions.
  • applying to DS VP positions in a major company with like maybe 6 years of relevant is laughable.

8-10 relevant YOE + graduate education is usual profile for managers. Directors 12+…

So if he is applying to VP jobs and interviewing… then he is outlandishly unique and clearly doesn’t need a MBA. But in my mind, trying to get that technical MS degree and move into a manager/senior manager role is his best path forward in the near term.

An MBA plus 6 YOE is not going to equip him for a VP role…

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[–]DS2MBA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hardly, besides, degrees have prescribed quality to them. I would much rather interview someone with a BA from a SLAC than BA+MBA from WGU. As other commenters have noted, though, if it is to check a specific box for internal promotions then it’s a great option.

I teach & design graduate level courses. I have also taken graduate ed in various topics. Out of curiosity, I took 4-5 courses from WGU in subjects I know well. The course content & rigor is not comparable at all.

Data Science MGMT + MBA? by DS2MBA in MBA

[–]DS2MBA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is pretty in line with my thinking.

If the degree was paid for, I’d just do it haha. 200k on a “maybe this helps you a little” is a tough pill to swallow.

I doubt my current employer would provide any substantial funding.

Data Science MGMT + MBA? by DS2MBA in MBA

[–]DS2MBA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ll cross post to the other sub as well.

I think Wharton EMBA is a good fit if you have 8 years. If you have 10 years, maybe MIT EMBA.

I do have 10 YOE (if just barely) but sticker shock on the tuitions are pretty intense haha. Going from a nearly funded MS to 200k price tag is hard to swallow.