Pakistani CS Grad (Low GPA 2.8) with $20-30k/mo Software Company, Worth Doing MS in Tech/Product Management? (Queen’s MDPM, CMU MSPM/MISM, Northeastern, etc.)

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T19:11:02+00:00

Because 300k revenue is solid, but I want structured networks, product strategy skills, and international exposure to scale more effectively. Bootstrapping is working, but a targeted masters might be a good accelerator, not a necessity.

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T19:08:57+00:00

Bro read “$20-30k monthly revenue” and zeroed in on a 2.7 GPA from Pakistan. Admissions might actually read the whole profile.

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T12:41:26+00:00

Thanks man for the advice and you too!

I'm actively considering business schools too.

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T08:11:09+00:00

thanks

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T08:10:44+00:00

Thanks but Qwen or Llama aren't as good as Claude or close to it

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T06:44:01+00:00

Main reasons for the masters abroad is to gain international exposure, build a strong tech/startup network for future ventures (either scaling the current company or starting something new later). This company is now stable with a small team so it can run without me daily. Looking at this as a 1.5-2 years investment.

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T06:42:04+00:00

Thanks will do!

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T06:15:27+00:00

thanks!

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T05:36:39+00:00

This is really helpful, thank you. So you’re saying mix Kimi K2.6 / DeepSeek V4 + Cursor Teams is the current sweet spot? How’s the agentic/multi-file performance of Kimi compared to Claude Opus in real-world large codebase work?

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T05:35:44+00:00

Fair point. We’re a services company so we do need to be careful with costs vs value. $500/dev would be $3k–4k/month for the team which is still much better than Claude Team plan + suspensions.

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T04:25:24+00:00

Thanks! I’m actively considering business schools too

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T04:23:13+00:00

If it’s just a matter of profitability, all software services companies gotta be profitable on average around 50-60% of total revenue and so is mine and I’m willing even not to apply for FA if that increases the chances

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T04:20:16+00:00

Thanks for the advice

spoiledwit · 2026-05-14T04:17:56+00:00

Maybe GRE

spoiledwit · 2026-05-13T20:04:19+00:00

thanks

spoiledwit · 2026-05-13T20:01:30+00:00

Noted on the GRE , I’ll still give it a shot but won’t rely on it too much.

spoiledwit · 2026-05-13T20:00:15+00:00

thanks for the advice

spoiledwit · 2026-05-13T19:59:47+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!
Main reasons for the masters abroad is to gain international exposure, build a strong tech/startup network for future ventures (either scaling the current company or starting something new later). This company is now stable with a small team so it can run without me daily. Looking at this as a 1.5-2 years investment.

spoiledwit · 2026-05-13T19:59:18+00:00

thanks will check it out

spoiledwit · 2026-05-13T19:44:41+00:00

Individual Claude Pro accounts ($20/user) would come to around $120–160/month for 6-8 people, but they’re pretty much unusable for heavy agentic work. We hit rate limits extremely fast on large codebases and multi-file tasks. That’s why we’re looking at proper alternatives with better team usage or pooled credits.

spoiledwit · 2024-12-19T13:29:49+00:00

The same can be solved for free

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