MBB --> FAANG (A)PM

Is it possible to go from MBB to FAANG or Big-N (Associate) Product Management without a CS degree or any technical background? How much technical info would you need to self-teach to have a decent shot? Is an MBA/other grad school helpful, even if HYPSM undergrad?

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Most APM requires CS background. I know this is true for google and facebook. For amazon, they have both technical and non technical tracks for PMs, so you could go after the non technical one. I believe the technical track is slightly higher paid but I don't think by that much.

 

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