MBA in Bay Area?
For those of you who have done an MBA in the Bay area or an online MBA while living in the Bay area, what led you to do so, and how did things turn out after graduating? Current SDE with 1 YOE after bachelor's degree. Currently doing well in this tract but want to switch to product management. Trying to get the most bang for my buck, and unsure as to how selective schools like Stanford/Berkeley are, how much the school name matters, how I can to prepare to apply, etc etc. Bonus points if anyone had completed an MBA part while still working full time.
A top 7 MBA is still useful if you want to switch to management consulting, finance, or other careers. Otherwise it’s a waste of time and money
And What would the top 7 be ?
The M7 schools are Harvard. Stanford. Wharton. Sloan. Kellogg. Booth. Columbia. Now I’m not sure if it’s actually an organization (like the Ivy League) or just commonly grouped together because they consistently rank in the top 7. I would argue that Tuck, Haas and maybe Yale SOM should be considered too
Did a top 5 MBA. Biggest waste of time and Mony. Wish I had worked instead
Did Harvard and it opened up doors for me.
How so
Spending that time leetcoding will make you far more money than any MBA would. Of course this only works if you stay the IC engineer route.
C levels make millions a year. One year at c level can be worth more than a career at IC Eng.
Getting an MBA isn’t gonna make u C level at twitter. There’s thousands of employees at twitter and less than 10 c levels. In general, MBA or not, IC eng or not, the chances of making C level are very difficult. At any decently sized company.
So if I'm an L5 IC at FAANG or similar, and get a top MBA, it will increase chances of moving up the ladder post MBA? In what track? It wouldn't be IC anymore...
Are you joking ? MBA role at FANG is L4. Stay where you are
MBA is so early 2000s. MBAs are cash cows for universities and not worth it anymore in the year 2018 for the students. You can learn more and make more money (instead of paying 50k a year) by transitioning into a PM role at google. P.S. “online MBA”s are an even bigger scam. Universities don’t have to do shit and they get idiots to shell out thousands of dollars to attend their “online classes” which amounts to nothing more than getting access to some material online behind a login.