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As an IT professional with 4 years of experience is suggested to take up a distance learning program for MBA? Will it add value and open doors for opportunities?  If yes, then should it be PGDM or ...

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As an IT professional with 4 years of experience is suggested to take up a distance learning program for MBA? Will it add value and open doors for opportunities?

If yes, then should it be PGDM or MBA? Also, if someone can suggest the best university/institute that can be targeted.

PGDM or MBA?

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PGDM or MBA?- Grapevine

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Hi all, 

I'm having 2 years of experience in IT with functional testing domain. now I'm planning to pursue my masters next year as I want to switch from technical field to management. Can anyone please share any information regarding Distance/part-time MBA degrees for which I can enroll myself while doing job as well.

What colleges would be a good choice for this?

Distance MBA options

Software Developer

What is the most valuable option to opt between PGDM and EMBA for career growth after B.com for a working professional who has around 8-9 YOE in the HR and Finance field ??
Can anyone give a genuine reply ?

PGDM or EMBA for working professionals?

Human Resources

Is it beneficial to do Online MBA or PGPWP from IIM’s, considering that the fees is ~20LPA and the classes are conducted online or on weekends. I am currently working in a big 4 with 5years of experience in tech consulting and earning ~ 30LPA, leaving current job will be a difficult decision, therefore I have been considering such courses. My current employer might not be able to give me any promotion on this basis but will it help in long run and help in switching to MBB’s ? 
Also, does the degree of these courses specify online or anything which sets it apart from regular course degree?

Online MBA from IIM A/PGPWP from IIMK or IIML

Consultant

Does anyone have insights on which is better - Symbiosis or Great Lakes for doing a distance/online MBA? Goal is to add a post graduation degree in addition to B.E.

Distance MBA

Senior Consultant

I am probably earning 2x of what an average T-1 MBA grad makes in India. I'm just not happy in my role and this SDE grind caught me lackin'.

Can you help me determine whether it is still a good bet to get an MBA? Because these normie MBA folks are literally the dumbest people I have seen and I think I can do a better job than them.

Earning 2x of a Tier-1 MBA grad already. Should I still do an MBA?

I joined an MBA program while I was making close to the average salary of post MBA grads. 
  
 Few things to remember: 
  
 1. Opportunity cost of a 2 year MBA is humongous. The PGP at IIMs will cost you a crore+. Imagine trying to get an ROI on it. 
  
 2. PGP at IIMs are filled with freshers and low work experience folks which naturally means there are very few senior roles on offer. So you may not find the right level after MBA. 
  
 3. It's best to restrict yourself to 1 year programs like ISB's PGP and IIM's PGPX. 
  
 4. Be really sure of what you want from the MBA. You can easily switch to SDM or product roles without MBA. Recommend giving that a shot if you are just tired of SDE

Product Manager

Program Manager

I am having 3yr of exp in IT industry as a developer but i want to do an MBA which field will be most suitable for my growth in IT ? Any sug

If you know someone who have done it please share some insights.

Is distance MBA from NMIMS worth it, how are the salaries and opportunities?

Planning to do this just for credentials + MBA degree which is a must in larger companies for non-tech roles, not looking for any placement support. The cost is 15 lacs. 

The other option is MDI Gurgaon, the cost of their online program is 9 lacs. 

Looking for some feedback on this move considering my objectives.

IIM-K EPGP (Online, 2 Years)

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What are the ideal options out of the PM roles and what kind of profile is required for the same considering I've started my career being a PM only?

Is an MBA required for these roles?

Exit options from PM roles

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Me: APM with almost 2 years of experience looking to do an MBA to fast track my career.

Post-MBA roles:
- Product Management
- Strategy Roles
- Program/Project Management
- General Management
- Other similar roles

Long term goal: To stay in India; fine with working 2-3 years abroad.

Query 1: Considering an average profile with 9/8/8 in high school/intermediate/college, tier-1 undergrad and 2 years work-ex at a start-up. Do I have a chance to bag an MBA admit from the following with little scholarship:

- LBS
- Insead
- HEC Paris
- Oxford
- Cambridge
- SDA Bocconi
- NUS Singapore
- IESE
- ISB

I'm targeting 1 year programs only for cost purposes, hence the US is out of the picture. Feel free to suggest good 1 yr US programs

Query 2: How much GMAT is required for my profile to get into these schools?

Query 3: Are 2 year IIM Programs more advisable for me and should I leave abroad colleges altogether. At the maximum, I can't wait more than 3 years of work-ex at the time of applying due to personal reasons.

Please guide me🙏🙏🙏🙏

MBA Profile Evaluation and PM Career

My opinion -  
  
 Q1 - If your long term goal is to be in India, prefer institutions within india. Reason - You won’t be able to build network, an imp component of any MBA program. I know someone who went Dublin and struggling even to get references back home. Adding A/B/C will help  
  
 Q2 - Target 720, you will land at a better place. GMAT is just a barrier, not the deciding criteria. 
  
 Q3- 2 years would be good considering your constraints and long term goals. If you can extend 1 more year, you’ll be eligible for IIMs 1 yr MBAs.  
  
 Overall - It’s my strong opinion that if you are targeting foreign MBAs, value derivation will happen only if you plan to stay, work abroad for few years. Financial burdens will be less plus you will something worthwhile to show. See the privilege of “foreign-returned” is slowly reducing in india as global roles are getting created here as well.

I am a software engineer with 2 yrs of experience.
I am kinda fascinated with the developing idea of project than developing the product. I want to switch to product management which I think somehow doing it my current job except giving the idea.

I like to innovate solutions and implement then in the real world and I want people to use it. I think this would be the right path to get started into it.

Doing an mba is also good option but I think moving to pm role will be a good option .
It’s to crack it but not impossible.

I am not sure how the feature would be for this career.

OPEN TO HEAT 
Suggestions , Advices, Opinions, Experiences.
:)

Software Engineer to Product Manager

Hi
I am currently at 1.5YOE earning around 60-65k appx 
I am getting opportunities to do an MBA in tier 2 colleges like IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, IIM Nagpur etc
Should I consider them or should I take a drop for a Tier1 MBA or should I continue to grow workex and switch in IT domain only ?

Should I do an MBA

How valuable is an online MBA from an institution like NMIMS in comparison with a full time MBA. In terms of value, exposure, financial returns etc.

How valuable is an online MBA, would be nice if you can give a rough comparison with a full time MBA.

Education background Information technology tier 2 college 2021 passout

10th - 92%
12th - 90%
B.tech - 6.95 CPI
how much time will it take if i sincerely start from 1st August full time 10 hrs a day, didn't have any coachings. Will i get into list of IIMs?

Should I do MBA?

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I (M22) currently have about 8 months (2023) of SWE experience working at a European tech company making roughly 12Lpa. I am planning of going for a MBA in the next 2-3 years but only if I get into a top b-school. I am highly ambitious and hope to climb the MANGA corporate ladder to a C suite/exec level position in the next 15-20 years. Will an MBA make sense for my goals and what sort of roles do tech giants usually hire for from top iims/isb and the likes? 
Is going for a MBA going to fast track my career or should I just grind the swe -> sdm -> director path with just a B.Tech degree ( Tier-2 private university)

MBA for career advancement?

I am already Product Manager. With salary same as avg ISB graduate salary. I am 31 years old. Should I do it ? Or keep pursuing the job hunt ?

Should I do an ISB PGP program?

I work as a PM in a B2B SaaS startup and have an overall 4 years of experience all of which is in product management. Now, feeling a stagnant in growth and salary. I was wondering if I should try for an. MBA from IIMs or ISB?

My current package is around 36 LPA. I do not want to change my field and I like being a PM. Then does MBA make sense for me in long term?

Is MBA worth doing for me?

Hi i have 12+ years experience in marketing and i m into a leadership role. Did not feel the need to do mba, but recently while making a switch, got asked "Ju dont have MBA" lot of times. Wanted recommendations on any good distance/online universities. Thanks

PGDM or MBA?

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