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19 Apr 2022, 06:09
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Hi all
Would appreciate any insights to help me decide. I have 9 years of experience, mostly in strategy consulting and an undergraduate degree in economics.
I'm looking to transition into product management (non-FAANG) after business school. I'm particularly interested in growth or expansion-stage tech startups.
Other things I'm hoping to get out of business school:
-Lifelong connections with people on relevant career paths
-Ability to pick up targeted skills that interest me by taking electives from business school and the broader university
-A good introduction to the US (I'm moving from overseas and looking at a career in the Bay Area)
-Personal satisfaction of having done a top postgraduate degree (if I don't do it now, it is unlikely to ever happen)
Stanford MSx:
-Bay Area location
-Streamlined core classes (55% customizable)
-Plenty of electives I'd like to take (including at the GSB, Design School, Economics Dept and Computer Science)
-Stanford GSB brand
-I'd be one of the youngest in class (I'm kind of in between the MBA and MSx age groups - unsure which I'd connect most with)
-Confers a MS in Management, which might be less familiar to recruiters
Kellogg 1Y:
-Even more customizable (no/minimal core classes)
-I can do a quarter in San Francisco
-Slightly cheaper
-I'd need to complete one of the prerequisites before commencing
-Confers an MBA, which everyone understands
Job offer:
-Company is an expansion-stage, pre-IPO tech company (well-known brand)
-It's in product management, which is what I'd like to do after b-school anyway
-Based in San Francisco
-However, it's ~2 levels more junior than I'd like it to be
-I don't have direct PM experience, so these opportunities can be rare
-I might be able to rekindle it after b-school, but no guarantee
Would appreciate any insights to help me decide. I have 9 years of experience, mostly in strategy consulting and an undergraduate degree in economics.
I'm looking to transition into product management (non-FAANG) after business school. I'm particularly interested in growth or expansion-stage tech startups.
Other things I'm hoping to get out of business school:
-Lifelong connections with people on relevant career paths
-Ability to pick up targeted skills that interest me by taking electives from business school and the broader university
-A good introduction to the US (I'm moving from overseas and looking at a career in the Bay Area)
-Personal satisfaction of having done a top postgraduate degree (if I don't do it now, it is unlikely to ever happen)
Stanford MSx:
-Bay Area location
-Streamlined core classes (55% customizable)
-Plenty of electives I'd like to take (including at the GSB, Design School, Economics Dept and Computer Science)
-Stanford GSB brand
-I'd be one of the youngest in class (I'm kind of in between the MBA and MSx age groups - unsure which I'd connect most with)
-Confers a MS in Management, which might be less familiar to recruiters
Kellogg 1Y:
-Even more customizable (no/minimal core classes)
-I can do a quarter in San Francisco
-Slightly cheaper
-I'd need to complete one of the prerequisites before commencing
-Confers an MBA, which everyone understands
Job offer:
-Company is an expansion-stage, pre-IPO tech company (well-known brand)
-It's in product management, which is what I'd like to do after b-school anyway
-Based in San Francisco
-However, it's ~2 levels more junior than I'd like it to be
-I don't have direct PM experience, so these opportunities can be rare
-I might be able to rekindle it after b-school, but no guarantee
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19 Apr 2022, 10:34
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Your comp package for your job offer would certainly help gain a better understanding of which route may be best.
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19 Apr 2022, 10:44
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Always Stanford.. Hands down Stanford... Never go for anything else.. All four objectives you have will be aligned if you take admission in stanford.
Dont worry about Kellogs. You wont be losing much. And all opportunities you have at kellogs, you will get even if you get into Stanford.
Dont think too much and go for Stanford. You will thank me later in 5 years I guess
Best of luck. Choose wisely
