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To people who consider to join this program: Just dive into a startup then learn. 3mons in a startup > 1y in Master's Degree in Product Management Save your
by allenleein 9y ago
To people who consider to join this program:
Just dive into a startup then learn.
3mons in a startup > 1y in Master's Degree in Product Management
Save your money please.
- WillPostForFood 9y agoThe cost to that approach is on the back of the startup.
- shubhamjain 9y agoYou're not considering an important factor: connections and opportunities. If doing this course makes you multiple steps closer to getting hired at Big Cos, then I think the tuition fee is worth it. Same applies for almost every degree in the world. Courses are easy to replicate; environment is not.
- allenleein 9y agoLike you said: Courses are easy to replicate; environment is not. Do you think the connections and opportunities in CMU program are better than the connections and opportunities in a YC startup? If you don't, then I suggest you can just jump in a YC startup then learn something REAL.
- sotojuan 9y agoMost people can't just "jump in a YC startup".
- czardoz 9y agoLargely depends on the startup. In my personal opinion, it's hard to compare startup experience with 8 hours of full time learning every day, for a year or more.
- allenleein 9y agoSure it depends on the startup, I agree it will be a totally different game. But the REAL WORLD experience is unbeatable. If you wanna be a product guy: 8hours of full time job experience at a startup > 8 hours of full time learning every day in Master program of PM
- oculusthrift 9y agoi agree but sadly all people care about is name. so having CMU on your resume by paying 65k might be worth
- allenleein 9y agoYeah HBS/Stanford MBA won't make you a good PM. Even doing a Marketing/Engineering/Product intern at an early stage YC startup is much worth it. Unless some people wanna have a title like"Stanford MBA dropout",then that's a different story and I respect that.
- Charos 9y agoI think the value here is more for non-technical (or just less-technical) folks. "Just dive into a startup" is fine advice for programmers, but for those of us who aren't at that skill level, it's easier said than done. Nobody wants to hire a 'product guy' with financial skills and business acumen to help them manage their pet project. I see this program as being valuable to allow semi-technical folks like myself to learn more directly useful skills without spending years becoming a developer first.