Hi All, I am a few years out of college and work for msft in a business technology team supporting internal teams with their workflow. I work problem assessment, requirements planning/solution design, sprint planning w/ engineering, project management etc. I also develop myself using power platform solutions depending on the solution complexity. My goal is to make it to a true product team in the next 1-2 years ideally on an external facing product, but internal products or even externally I would take. I am looking for either a TPM or product role. I am writing because I feel I am learning in my role, but wondering if a masters will help take me to the next level. I have a business background from undergrad, and am considering a masters in information systems, data analytics, CS to help me get that true “technical” background/understanding to better understand a SWE’s workflow and technical blockers. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I am open to any degree type or even advice if a masters is not necessary. As specific a recommendation you can offer I appreciate! I do think the structure from a masters program will serve me well. MSIS: Wondering if it will teach me enough about software design and programming MSDA: Need a program that takes more beginner level… Will be immediately helpful, will it teach me enough general knowledge about CS? MSCS: Need a program that takes more beginner level… Is it overkill if I don’t want to get into SWE? TC 100k #pm #product #productmanager #gradschool #learning
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You are already at a good company to be a PM. Just focus on networking and moving internally into the team of your choice. There are certain PM roles like AI PM etc which require specialist knowledge, and they usually don't hire generalists without specific experience. But otherwise you really don't need any of the degrees you mentioned. Just work closely with engg and learn on the job. CS taught in university is anyways quite different from deep tech the engineers build at product companies.
Thank you so much!