Does an MBA make you a good Product Manager?
Yesterday, I was speaking to an engineer about a feature he was building. I asked, “Why are you doing it this way when a simpler approach meets the same user intent?” He smiled and said, “I’m thinking technically, not about the user.” And that’s when it hit me — I’ve become a PM.
What my MBA gave me wasn’t magic — it taught me structured thinking. Those frameworks we memorize for interviews? They actually help in real life, bringing clarity to chaos. The real learning, though, comes from applying them again and again.
Food for thought: Frameworks don’t make you a PM — your mindset does.