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oh hmmm then why are so many PMs at FAANG from GSB/Booth/HBS/Wharton/Kellog etc? seems maybe you're just wishfully thinking
by tubby12345 5y ago
oh hmmm then why are so many PMs at FAANG from GSB/Booth/HBS/Wharton/Kellog etc? seems maybe you're just wishfully thinking
- TameAntelope 5y agoEverybody wanted those PM jobs at FAANG when my wife was doing her MBA, those were the best "I don't want to work 20 hour days" alternatives to big 3 consulting.
- topkai22 5y agoI did a quick LinkedIn search for PMs at Facebook. Only one PM out of the 7 I looked at had an MBA from a top 25, only 2 had MBAs at all, and both achieved those while already working as a PM in the FAANG realm. Managers and especially managers of managers+ are far more likely to have an MBA in my experience, but again that is heavily biased toward people who got that credential after or more likely while working in big tech. Now my sample is biased toward former SWEs and the Pacific Northwest, but I think an MBA is more a career accelerator along the people management track inside a company then necessary for product management or an enabler for people to enter the FAANG realm.
- tubby12345 5y agoLinkedIn doesn't show you everyone you want to see. Anecdotally there are several internal groups at FB (for example) that are variations on "Booth at FB" and are populated by almost exclusively PMs. All told it's hundreds.