I was a lone Product Marketing Manager at a series-A startup.  
 So similar predicament.  
 An hour after work every night and weekends for about 2 months.

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How to prepare for gre with full time job as PM ? Does not have much time

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Hi Folks,

I wanna prepare for GMAT and build a profile for a top business school. However, with the high demanding work and a lot of late nights I am not able to get enough time and at times enough motivation to study. 
Does anyone have any recommendations as to what should I do or what sort of plan I can follow ?

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I’m a college grad from IIT in CSE. I haven’t done any competitive coding or any proper coding during my college days for that matter. I have lost confidence in myself for some reason. I had taken up a business job but left it in a few months because I thought I could do better. 
I want to do competitive coding but as soon as I open my laptop, anxiety kicks in. 
I need guidance on how to proceed and what recourses should I use. 
I don’t want to waste my degree as I feel I can do better than my previous job. 

Please help me on fighting my demons.

Confused about how to proceed in life

Hi folks,

I work at a startup (been 2 years now) as a PM. From the last 12 months, my work has mostly revolved around strategy, business intelligence, program/general mgmt. I am now planning to quit and move on. However, I am not sure if I want to continue being a PM, because it's very overwhelming honestly and I actually enjoyed the last 12 months as a generalist. 

Need career advice from fellow PMs whether to pursue program mgmt/strategy/general mgmt/Chief of staff/new initiatives roles or devote 100% of my time to prepare for PM interviews and also try to make up for the last 12 months by doing side projects and maybe even interning under a senior PM 

Some pointers about me:

1. I have 2 YoE in PM. 
2. I have a CS degree from a tier 1/2 college
3. There is no particular reason to quit. Job is chill

Career Dillema | PM feels overwhelming

Hello folks,

I am facing a time management hurdle. I am doing a full time job which takes 9 hrs of my time. Office days you can make it 10. I am also prepping for my GMAT and aiming for a good score (already cancelled my previous 700 in older format, aiming for a 715+ in new GMAT FE). I have gained a bit of weight and BMI is slid into overweight by a narrow margin (83.5 kgs and 181 cms). I am also learning a few things related to my current job to upgrade myself.

So I need to balance: job, prep, health and learning, all seeming mandatory at this point.

I work 2PM - 11PM, have househelp for cleaning and a cook for cooking.

People who have done this before, how did you manage? I am finding it extremely difficult. In theory, it looks easy as there are 24 hrs you know it's not the case. Between all the things I need to catch small breaks as well.

Need advise.

Finding it difficult to manage time

Software Developer

Share your experience. Is it as simple as slogging the PM prep books, taking mocks, etc? With the influx if so many candidates from cohort based courses, how easy or hard is it?

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I have been working as a Software engineer since the past 2 years (work from home), but now I will have to shift. 
I have been thinking about going for an Mba since last year and will be self-prepping, since I have the basics (I did prepare last year) I am confused on the course for preparation
I've been thinking to go full on with Mocks and tests for the time remaining (I'll start the prep now)

People who have been in similar situation, what mock test series did you find accomodating and flexible ? I would want to have as much flexibility in mock tests because some days I can devote 4-5 hrs, but some days it would be lesser. 
I've come across SIMCATs, AIMCATs and CatKing's mock series. Are they good ?

Need some guidance for MBA prep with a full time job

It’s quite expensive to pursue one, but I’m worried not doing it will stagnate my career long term. Any views on whether I should apply (4yrs work experience currently, have worked in a boutique consulting firm previously). 

Any help will be sincerely appreciated!!

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Hi folks,

I work at a B2B SaaS company (been 2 years now) as a PM. From the last 12 months, my work has mostly revolved around strategy, business intelligence, program/general mgmt. I am now planning to quit and move on. However, I am not sure if I want to continue being a PM, because it's very overwhelming honestly and I actually enjoyed the last 12 months as a generalist. 

Need career advice whether to pursue program mgmt/strategy/general mgmt/Chief of staff/new initiatives roles or devote my time to prepare for PM interviews and also try to make up for the last 12 months.

Some pointers about me:

1. I have a CS degree from a tier II college but haven't coded in a while.
2. There is no particular reason to quit. The job is chill & remote. 
3. The head office is in the US. There is a possibility of moving to the US as well in the next 1 year.
4. The pay is fine. Not the best out there but decent

Thinking of taking a break for approx 1/1.5 years from tech, and trying for UPSC / PSC. Wanted to understand how hard would it be to get back in corporate after the gap ? If someone has successfully tried and can share their experience, it would be really helpful.

Taking a break

I am a PM with 4 YOE and have been applying for PM and SPM roles. However, have been facing rejections and the reason they say is my problem solving in case studies was not structured as we'd like.

Are there any experienced PM here who can help me with a few pointers on what the companies are looking at for such roles and if there are any resources that I can make use of to become better.

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