Career after MBA in IT industry

[The Raven]

Originally Posted by kulksnikhil

Hello Friends,

I am a software professional working for a Bangalore based company. I have now about 5.5 years of experience and I am intrested in pursuing MBA.

regards,
Nikhil (MBA aspirant)

Intresting profile. I have very similar profile. But still not sure what I am going to do after my MBA. But anyway Anurag's answers are good enough. Guess thats what most people do.

[success.rohitkr]

dear friends,
i work as an it recruiter and willing to persue my mba in it and hr.please do tell me about hte associated facts.
regards,

[MartianOnEarth]

Once your MBA loan has been paid off, you might want to take the solo flight as well.

Many MBAs decide to venture off on their own. Of course, this means you'd need to be really be comfortable with not only the technology part but all the commercial/business/management angles that you'll have to deal with once you start your own firm.

High risk, high reward...higher satisfaction.

[aspire]

Mods
please merge this thread with this http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/alumni...-done-mba.html (MBA Systems - Have done MBA in Systems and is rocking today...)
as the content and topic of discussion is very similar

regards

shailesh

[ida]

God post anurag.

Originally Posted by anuragxp

Hi!

Although my career profile is not similar to yours, but I'm working in a top five IT company after completing my MBA this year. Following are some of the job options for MBAs in IT companies:

1. Business Analyst: You act as an Interface between the customer and the delivery team. You are expected understand the business processes and the exact customer requirements and document them properly in a format that the delivery team (developers) understands. For being an effective BA, you should have knowledge of things like UML, RUP, Rational Rose etc. in addition to having a good domain knowledge. Experienced BAs become good IT Consultants.

2. Pre-Sales: Here you do things like responding to RFIs, RFPs and preparing client-specific presentations. Similar profile is that of a Business Development Manager.

3. Sales: Do I need to explain this one?

4. ERP Consultant: You are responsible for understanding the business processes of your customers and implementing packaged ERP software (like SAP) after making the necessary customizations.

5. Project Manager: Project Managers are involved in a project right from the stage of requirements gathering. They are required to do Planning, Estimation, Resource (People, Hardware, Software etc.) and time management. Tools like MS Project are heavily used by PMs.

6. HR Manager: Not much work Kidding Responsible for Recruitment, Appraisal, Employee retention, Career planning, Trainings etc.

7. Quality/Testing Manager: Suitable for people with testing/QA kind of background.

Hope that helps. Good luck for your MBA.

Cheers!

NOTE: The above info. is based on my personal experience and perception. Standard Disclaimers apply

[jee_1]

Life in It, after an MBA is more of understanding business processes and reengineering. Well u'll get all this in ur MBA so just chill.

[jee_1]

Originally Posted by jee_1

Life in It, after an MBA is more of understanding business processes and reengineering. Well u'll get all this in ur MBA so just chill.

Moreever, just keep a track of the IT industry and its movement.

[aspire]

Originally Posted by aspire

Mods
please merge this thread with this http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/alumni...-done-mba.html (MBA Systems - Have done MBA in Systems and is rocking today...)
as the content and topic of discussion is very similar

regards

shailesh

mods pls do the needful

[zero1]

hi some exp IT professional views are :

I always have a doubt regrading the relative importance of MBA in IT firms. I myself have around 4 years of experience in IT and have not seen a BA having an MBA degree. BAs for my projects have either been technical guys rising up to that position or somebody from core domain area learning tech stuff.

Similarily, people doing s/w marketing, client cooridnation have risen from writing C programs.

One place, which is specifically reserved for MBAs is ERP implementation. Be it SAP, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft are all for MBAs.
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Please comment on this coz this is contradictory stuff.

[Ashish_0172]

hi guys !! just read all your replies .. n must say effort by rahul is amazing !! cleared my doubts as well , coz i am a comp engg pursuing MBA from ICFAI,hyd ... always was confused bout me as an MBA and software guy ... thanx .... n yeah ZERO 1 is absolutely correct ./...............