If I wanted to pursue a career in technical management, I would first focus on acquiring harder technical skills during undergrad and then adding business on later (say, as an MBA). The most successful tech managers I've met in my career did a 4-5 year stint as an engineer before moving up into management. Those who move straight into management out of school (usually via the program mgmt route) often seem to lack a deeper understanding of how the nuts and bolts really work. This can be something of a handicap, though not necessarily.
That being said, watch out for only doing technical education, with no business or finance on top. That makes you a prime candidate for getting your job outsourced to another continent. And, uh... that's all I'm gonna say about that.
My background, if it matters to you: Dropped out of "pre-med take 1" and joined the dotcom wave, worked my way up into software engineering on job experience alone. After 9 years of working in IT for a healthcare system, now I'm resuming the pursuit of my undergrad degree for "pre-med take 2". Do as I say, not as I do? Nontraditional in so many ways.




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