It is even encouraged in west. London founder at my last company, is "advisor" to 3 companies in same industry, while being CEO at this one

Don't think advisor is really a seperate job although money is earned

Growth Manager

Well same industry and extra money, we won't be allowed 💁‍♀️

Consultant

Founder

I’m a student, what industry should I get into so that I can get Into C suite after experience?

Fractional executive is an experienced Csuite executive — CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, CSO, CTO, or CMO — who works less than fulltime. The work arrangement might call for the fractional executive to be on ...

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Fractional executive is an experienced C-suite executive — CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, CSO, CTO, or CMO — who works less than full-time. The work arrangement might call for the fractional executive to be on the job a few hours each day or a few days each week. They often work for two or more companies at the same time.

BC Moonlighting just got formalised for the senior management. 🙂

Fractional CXOs - New trend for Senior Management

Corporate Strategist

Fractional CXOs - New trend for Senior Management- Grapevine

How is job market for Digital Marketing and growth for B2C.  Most of the interest first or mobile first companies are not hiring or hiring at very less exp. and pay.

Can see opening for B2B or product marketing but nothing much from Growth or Performance marketing.

Read there are many who have been laid off some more than 6-8 months but still struggling to find the right opportunity.

Also many senior level guys, on LinkedIn have got into consulting or Fractional CMO roles as they package might be high and no one is in need of such experienced senior ppl team. 

How or when this will change ? 

During 2018 or even 2020 many said Digital or growth marketing will be the future, demand will increase as all business, users go online.. but now seems to be other way round..

Are Digital Marketers finding Job ?

Looking for a CXO role. Are there any specific groups or networking opps for CXO/COO level roles in Bangalore?

CXO groups?

Strategy & Operations

1. PA - Personal Assistant
Managing your personal commitments, people very high up (read rich) hire them, because their personal social life is as active

2. EA - Executive Assistant 
Managing professional commitments, they ensure your calendar is up to date, your travel and stay bookings, basically admin work for CXOs

3. PM - Personal Managers
The ones that celebrities have, they manage personal and professional commitments 

4. CoS - Chief of Staff
Generally to CEO/Founders (can be to other CXOs too), one person keeping founders on track with mission the company is built for. 
Strictly professional role, but some new age founders try blurring these lines. Major red flag 🚩 

5. Founder's Office
Can be one to multiple members, taking care of different departments - marketing, strategy, operations, etc.
This is usually huge cost to company, and very profitable (or well funded) companies can manage sustaining these.

Putting in here what I have learnt in the industry, please feel free to correct me/ add more details here

PA vs EA vs CoS vs Founder's Office - How are they all different?

One comes from an IIM, One from an IIT,one comes from abroad, one from a local college and one from some or the other family

Recruiter

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I work at a startup and have been here for more than 7 years. I joined right after graduating from a tier 1 engineering college (one of the old IITs). I was the first team member after the founders and now hold the position of non tech CXO in the company. The startup has grown significantly, not in traditional funding terms but in actual business. I have dedicated countless days and nights to growing this company, hardly taking a single day off in the initial 4 years, and often working more than 10 hours daily. My salary has increased proportionately to what I should be paid (>65 LPA), and I also have decent ESOPs in the company, which could be worth anywhere between 2 to 4 crores depending on the valuation at which we raise funds. However, I don’t count ESOPs as real money. In the next 10 years, it's going to be a very big thing, and I am glad to be part of it. Many of my friends, who have done MBA from IIMs and worked at BCG or Bain, are craving for the position I am in.

But I feel FOMO about not trying anything else in life. It's like achieving decent success on the first try. I use the word "decent" and not "crazy" because it's not crazy success.

What do I want ideally?
I'd like to take a 6-month break and then figure out my next steps. Maybe start something new or join another company at a leadership level. But I am too afraid of not getting the same opportunities and ending up struggling.

Thus the question:
Is there any agency that works specifically to help you get a job at a CXO position? How does it work? Can a non-MBA with 8 years of work experience get a CXO position at a decently big company (>300-500 crores in revenue)?

CXO Position, Right after college. Confused now !

What does someone who is Chief of staff actually do ? Why do early stage startups look at hiring for these roles ?

What is the Chief of staff role

Product Manager

have been seeing a lot of startup’s having multiple CXOs leaving within a short duration of them becoming profitable.

Is this another cost saving measure?

What do CXO exits in a profitable startup mean

Is it a good idea for an experienced product manager to find an opportunity at Startup incubator or accelerator where the contribution can be made in building other startups?

Opportunity at Startup Enablers?

Product Owner

What are the reviews on founders office roles, is it really impact creation or just program management? What is the salary range for series a startup founders office role

Founders office role overrated?

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What should I do to reach 100 cr in 10-15 years?

I'm an ambitious person who can work his ass off. But I lack direction, I don't know what I should do to get there.

Any answer can give me a better perspective. But please refrain from questioning the ambition.

I'm in tech and I make 22 lacs/year (4 years of exp)

My current portfolio split up:
6 lacs - Nifty 50 MF
5 lacs - FD
10-20 lacs - real estate

20 lacs to 100 crores

1. Wake up at 4am 
 2. Plan the day ahead by brainstorming new ideas for profitability 
 3. Go to gym, invest in your body 
 4. Reach out to your customers before your morning coffee, helps set the tone for the day. 
 5. Rob a bank 
 6. Repeat till you reach your target of 100 crores.

Analyst

I'm currently working on an FTE job - wherein the offer letter its mentioned "During the term of your employment with the Company, you may not engage in any employment or act in any way, which either conflicts with your duties and obligations to the Company, or is contrary to the policies or the interests of the Company."

Now, I'm getting enough time and I want to consider working in a 0-1 startup, and the new company I'm joining will know about my current employer - The above mentioned is the only clause the current employer have regarding working in other company. Can the current employer legally put a case anytime in the future if they get to know this? - what are the loopholes I can use here?

What position I can join in as (Consultant, Advisory role) - Still an early career professional in order to avoid conflict afterwards.

Thank you for your help!!

Needed quick Legal Advice - On Moonlighting

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I joined my company (tech startup) as a Product Manager and over the course of 3 years have worked both in Product as well  as in Business teams. And to be honest, I like both the work.

Now, I am looking for a switch and unable to decide which role I should pursue - Product or Business. So, I would need help from you all. 

From a long term career point of view keeping in mind compensation, scope of work and transitioning into leadership positions (CXOs), which is a better role and why - Product or Business?

Which role would you prefer from an overall career point of view - Product or Business?

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I work at a startup. And It’s super funny but I think my boss is moonlighting. Here are the facts: 

- he’s hardly focused 
- he’s hardly trying to expand her role at work 
- he’s regularly on external calls taken secretly 
- he doesn’t care to understand what’s going on in other parts of our company

My boss is likely moonlighting

Why is moonlighting unethical? Let’s keep legality aside for a minute although it is not illegal. 
 Your senior leaders are directors at multiple companies. 
 CEO of startups like Lenskart, shadi etc are sitting on TV for personal investments which they will make money of and spending hours in shooting. Those same CEOs layoff as per their whims and fancies. 
 But when a lowly employee with a meagre salary tries to increase his/her earning potential, this crab mentality kicks in and it becomes unethical. 
  
 A person can be too good to handle both(or more) jobs superbly. However, if there are performance issues, you deal with that as an employer. It’s not like people working on a single job don’t underperform. 
  
 Also, there are 24 hours in a day and I am “supposed “ to work for 8 hours. Mathematically, a person can work 3 jobs in a day (and try to sleep at work). 
  
 We all rooted for Will Smith in the “Pursuit of Happiness “. 
  
 Toodles!

Software Engineer

Product Marketing Manager

I consider myself a jack of all trades. I run a small biz on the size. I’m quite disheartened by the lack of generalist leadership roles in companies. 

There is no natural career progression for a chief of staff. Plus, salaries for chief of staffs are not at par with CXOs. 

Is there no other way to rise up the ranks in a generalist role?

Generalist leadership roles

Director Product

By plan, I mean 
- After what networth you want to FIRE?
- By what age you think you’ll achieve that Networth?
- How are you going to build that networth?
- What are you going to do after you FIRE?

Those who want to FIRE, what’s your plan?

10 crore 
 - current 7 crore  
 - will reach there in 1 year  
 - currently 37 yo and 1 kid  
 - will focus on teaching, coaching and freelance consulting

Consultant, Investment Banking went from sought after careers to fads post 2008 crisis when the world realized that these folks are crooks due to their role in propogating the Great Financial Crisis.

Given the backlash tech companies has been getting and global layoffs, will Product Manager also become a passing fad?

Seeing lot of anti Product Manager sentiment on this app off late. Was Product Management also a fad?

Someone here said engineers can become PM but PM can't become engineers. It can't be more correct than this. But reality is, it sounds goods only in theory.  
  
  I asked this same question to my director, why have you hired us when engineers clearly know more about products than us and are capable?  His answered that before the organisation formally created a team of product managers, it was only engineers that were handling product for decades. But that resulted into substandard products being developed, chaotic product release and consistent drop in revenue. The reason being engineers became backlog managers and engineers beging engineers, never focused on business value. Instead, they focused on technical aspect heavily. Engineers never bothered to check if what they were developing will actually sell in the market or not.  
  
 And mind you, this was a product that all of us use in daily lives. The numbers of users in India alone would be millions. So to summarise, yes, engineers can become PMs but generally they stay loyal to their pedigree of BE/B.Tech and become very shitty PMs. They like to have more technical conversations than strategic discussions and hate things that are not quantifiable, subjective. And business facing people here in forum would know, things are always not quantifiable in business planning, market outlook. It is based on assumptions.  
  
 An excellent PM would be someone who is an engineer but knows how to focus on business value of the product, make it customer oriented etc. I had the pleasure of working of one such PM in my last stint and he was truly outstanding. CEO knew him personally and this is in an organization with thousands of employees

Program Manager

Pls tell me what to do to accumulate this much money

How can ppl afford a Patek Philippe watch?

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