I’ve been in tech for a while. That sounds a lot like management / “product management”, or “intrapreneurs”.
If you want to be in charge of big projects at a tech-oriented venture, having a technical background can be really useful. You might also just want to look at the backgrounds of top managers at Elon Musk companies. Most tech CEOs and managers I know of have majored in either software engineering or some hard science.
Hypothetically there could be some other major more focused on tech management than tech implementation, but in practice I don’t know of one. It’s really hard to teach management and often expected that those skills are ones you’ll pick up later.
I myself studied general engineering in college, but spent a fair amount of time on entrepreneurship and learning a variety of other things. Recently I’ve been more interested in history and philosophy. There’s a lot of need and demand for good interdisciplinary people. But I’m happy I focused on math/science/engineering in college; those things seem much more challenging and useful to learn in a formal setting. I’d also recommend reading a lot of Hacker News / Paul Graham / entrepreneurship literature; that’s often the best stuff on understanding how to make big things happen, but it’s not taught well in school.
Also, I really wouldn’t suggest getting too focused on Elon Musk or any other one person in particular. Often the most exciting things are small new ones by new founders. Also, hopefully in the next 5 to 20 years there will be many other great projects.
I’ve been in tech for a while. That sounds a lot like management / “product management”, or “intrapreneurs”.
If you want to be in charge of big projects at a tech-oriented venture, having a technical background can be really useful. You might also just want to look at the backgrounds of top managers at Elon Musk companies. Most tech CEOs and managers I know of have majored in either software engineering or some hard science.
Hypothetically there could be some other major more focused on tech management than tech implementation, but in practice I don’t know of one. It’s really hard to teach management and often expected that those skills are ones you’ll pick up later.
I myself studied general engineering in college, but spent a fair amount of time on entrepreneurship and learning a variety of other things. Recently I’ve been more interested in history and philosophy. There’s a lot of need and demand for good interdisciplinary people. But I’m happy I focused on math/science/engineering in college; those things seem much more challenging and useful to learn in a formal setting. I’d also recommend reading a lot of Hacker News / Paul Graham / entrepreneurship literature; that’s often the best stuff on understanding how to make big things happen, but it’s not taught well in school.
Also, I really wouldn’t suggest getting too focused on Elon Musk or any other one person in particular. Often the most exciting things are small new ones by new founders. Also, hopefully in the next 5 to 20 years there will be many other great projects.