What is better if you want to reach a C-Suite position, management?
Honestly, this is like asking whether youre more likely to make it to the Major Leagues by playing on your towns little league team or on a club team. The answer is likely that youre not likely to make it to the Major Leagues no matter what you do. Either of these career tracks has a path to the C-Suite, but neither is a sure thing. If I had to pick, Id probably say consulting with a specialization in an area that translates to a C-Suite position, then making that jump directly. As a product manager, you have to come up the chain within your organization, and while product managers do a lot of things relevant to the C-Suite and have knowledge about many parts of a company, its very possible that experience gets overlooked, and a specialist is selected, rather than someone perceived as a generalist. .