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Software engineers provide far more value to a company when they understand the business, so having an MBA will be amazing. However, I doubt many hiring manager
by auslegung 7y ago
Software engineers provide far more value to a company when they understand the business, so having an MBA will be amazing. However, I doubt many hiring managers or lead engineers realize this yet, so it may take some time to cash in on the MBA.
Or if you’re interested in being an entrepreneur or a project/product manager, you will be valuable as a technically strong person.
- JamesBarney 7y agoI think what you said is true. But I don't think there is a lot of overlap between what an MBA teaches you and the business knowledge that helps as a developer. Most of the business knowledge that helps as a developer is the very specific business knowledge related to the company. If you write software for a blood testing company then the business knowledge that's really going to help is knowledge about how blood testing companies work not necessarily how businesses in general work.
- auslegung 7y agoI agree that particular business knowledge is very helpful, but general business knowledge is still quite helpful. The trope is that engineers want to spend months trying to find the best solution, and the business wanted it yesterday. Being able to balance those two things is difficult but valuable, and a business-savvy engineer has a better chance of doing it I think.