General discussion
-
Topic
-
Very first question – what to learn?
LockedI’m in the very beginning of my planning for studying and self developing and I need advice and help here. I’m a MSc. (Applied mathematics) graduated from Volgograd State University (Russia) in 1994 and have about 7 years of experience in various positions in IT. Lately I’ve been hired by a well known (almost the biggest) international company as a solution consultant and this position is just fantastic! First time I got a job such as I don’t think about my next job dreaming how better/interesting/challenging/promising/whatever it could be! I love my current job and hope enjoying it in the future as well.
But nevertheless I always think about self development and growing from a professional point of view. I forgot to mention that besides the degree I’ve got a lot of technical certification and learned tons of new material so from a technical point of view I’d say I need no special education (or at least I know how I can accomplish and achieve whatever I’ll be willing to do in the future). Here I’m getting closer to the point of my question. I guess to be able to claim for some high positions (CIO, CTO, VP of technology) in the industry I need to enlarge my knowledge by non technical areas. First idea came to my mind is MBA. And here is my first request for advice:
1. Is there any option to MBA? I mean to get another master degree that adds real knowledge and has a CV value behind itself.
Another question is about preparing to a top MBA school.
2. Assuming that a top MBA school is my choice how can I improve my chances to be accepted there? Probably to take BA in business or psychology or in a more exotic realm like “Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management”? I estimate I have 3-4 years before undertaking MBA. How to best utilize them to prepare?I have tons of minor questions that I’ll ask after your answers that I hope will help me be more specific and concrete.