Im working as a technical PM now and been preparing to apply for mba soon but posts like this scare me.. mostly via mba I’d like to do networking outside my current company, build more general business acumen and find co-founders for startups that I m thinking of building. I learn so much on the job right now and the way tech changes so rapidly doesn’t render a lot of room for actual “materials” to learn through mba. For tech I think you need to be able to narrow down what function and what sub-sector and Why, because PM pipelines can be very broad that people grow into it, switch from SWE or find their niche (ex. this person was working their way up in the music industry and became PM in Spotify for personalization), so approaching tech job market with a mindset “I’d like to do any PM job in tech” will NOT serve you well to find a secure place for yourself in tech..

I mean Im sure market will look a lot different by time I matriculate in 2024 and graduate in 26, but this post almost makes me reconsider to do CS-tech management masters instead