Ask HN: Do you need a MBA to be a Engineer Manager/Director?

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Post by yeetman21 » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 12:26 AM UTC

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Post by iammru » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 12:40 AM UTC

No

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Post by sokoloff » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 12:58 AM UTC

iammru wrote: post #2

No

Indeed. It’s not even clear that it would be helpful and especially not as compared to an extra 2 years of hands-on engineering or engineering leadership experience.

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Post by alumatine369 » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 2:01 AM UTC

I’ve pondered this for a while and determined it’s better to make the investment. Strictly speaking you may not need it in some companies, but more often than not, you’d have a promotional advantage by having one.

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Post by alumatine369 » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 2:02 AM UTC

I’m doing my MBA now and have 10 years of professional software development experience with commercial projects. Only after I started my MBA have many tech lead and tech director opportunities opened up, and several companies advertise a clear path to management