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17 Jul 2006, 12:44
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Hey Hjort + the rest the club!
As the topic says, I'm looking for some guidance in terms of evaluating if/when I should pursue my MBA. Here's my background:
Sex: Male
Race: Chinese-Canadian
Age: 25
Location: Toronto, Canada
Education: University of Toronto Bachelor of Computer Engineering, B- to B+ average, depending on the admission req.
Career Progression: Software Support Developer -> Software Developer -> Software Developer in Architecture (current, which is a technical role with some project planning responsibilties)
Work experience: 2 years
Other experience: Co-founder/owner of entertainment company for 3 years, music producer, martial arts black belt, several school-held engineering contest awards
Goal: Canadian MBA school...?
Since it's so early in my career, why an MBA? There're many reasons, but mainly I feel career as an IT engineer is too volatile to changes and that it isn't allowing me to flex all my muscles in my work. So with an MBA, I'm hoping to learn the tools to becoming a project or a people manager responsible for overseeing operations from a higher level. So I'd probably stay in the IT field, but just not in a hands-on engineering role. Is this a reasonable career change that can be brought on with an MBA? About how many % of students pursue non-financial careers after MBA graduation?
Another consideration I'm having is TIMING. I've been thinking about the MBA alot lately, as I think I'm at a stage in my life where I'll never have so *few* responsibilities again, ie. right now I have the best possible environment to concentrate on the GMAT + possibly take a year or so off work to go back to school full-time. HOWEVER - I understand that alot of MBA students have sufficient work experience to graduate to management roles, and although I've made some career progressions in the past 2 years, I simply don't have that experience yet. So my question is, if I do my MBA now, realistically what types of career opportunities can I pursue, with my lack of management experience? Would I have painted myself into a corner, being "neither here nor there"?
One last thing, a wildcard question: would it be possible for me to pursue a career in marketing, after an MBA? Keep in mind that I don't have any practical experience in marketing. But I've always been interested in how products are marketed, ie. why iPod became the success that it is, how do companies like McDonald's maintain its market without much changes at all, etc., so will an MBA open doors for me to opportunities in marketing?
I've been rambling on for too long now, but please give some advice Hjort, and thanks in advance. Actually other members on this club can feel free to comment as well! Thanks!
As the topic says, I'm looking for some guidance in terms of evaluating if/when I should pursue my MBA. Here's my background:
Sex: Male
Race: Chinese-Canadian
Age: 25
Location: Toronto, Canada
Education: University of Toronto Bachelor of Computer Engineering, B- to B+ average, depending on the admission req.
Career Progression: Software Support Developer -> Software Developer -> Software Developer in Architecture (current, which is a technical role with some project planning responsibilties)
Work experience: 2 years
Other experience: Co-founder/owner of entertainment company for 3 years, music producer, martial arts black belt, several school-held engineering contest awards
Goal: Canadian MBA school...?
Since it's so early in my career, why an MBA? There're many reasons, but mainly I feel career as an IT engineer is too volatile to changes and that it isn't allowing me to flex all my muscles in my work. So with an MBA, I'm hoping to learn the tools to becoming a project or a people manager responsible for overseeing operations from a higher level. So I'd probably stay in the IT field, but just not in a hands-on engineering role. Is this a reasonable career change that can be brought on with an MBA? About how many % of students pursue non-financial careers after MBA graduation?
Another consideration I'm having is TIMING. I've been thinking about the MBA alot lately, as I think I'm at a stage in my life where I'll never have so *few* responsibilities again, ie. right now I have the best possible environment to concentrate on the GMAT + possibly take a year or so off work to go back to school full-time. HOWEVER - I understand that alot of MBA students have sufficient work experience to graduate to management roles, and although I've made some career progressions in the past 2 years, I simply don't have that experience yet. So my question is, if I do my MBA now, realistically what types of career opportunities can I pursue, with my lack of management experience? Would I have painted myself into a corner, being "neither here nor there"?
One last thing, a wildcard question: would it be possible for me to pursue a career in marketing, after an MBA? Keep in mind that I don't have any practical experience in marketing. But I've always been interested in how products are marketed, ie. why iPod became the success that it is, how do companies like McDonald's maintain its market without much changes at all, etc., so will an MBA open doors for me to opportunities in marketing?
I've been rambling on for too long now, but please give some advice Hjort, and thanks in advance. Actually other members on this club can feel free to comment as well! Thanks!
