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How to transition from engineering to product management?

How much salary can I expect? Currently I'm 7 years into development

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Loner

Stealth

a year ago

Why do you want to switch? Are you a part of a startup(series a,b,c) or a relatively established org?
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Rockybhaii

Stealth

a year ago

Relatively established one. I feel like I'm losing interest in development altogether. I am just losing the interest. So rather than quitting career and trying out something else, I want to try something which atleast interests me.
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Loner

Stealth

a year ago

I think you would have a huge advantage when you get in the market. Although you wouldn't get a job from the standard apply on portals route. You will have to pitch yourself to founders/product heads via dms, case studies etc. Given you have expertise in development, you can also explore positions that are in the middle of core product and development like Technical Program Management, Platform Product Management etc instead of jumping directly to a Business oriented Product role. There are very few good PMs in the current tech space, especially startups that is polluted by college fresh grads getting into PM. And the ecosystem would always need good PMs with strong technical expertise, so you can do great if you really want to. Happy to help in the transition in any other way. All the best.
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Kuchacharakhlo

Stealth

a year ago

How much you have now in engineering?
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Rockybhaii

Stealth

a year ago

38 I'm ok for paycut
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yesmonk

Stealth

a year ago

Fixed ?
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Gupchup

TCS

a year ago

If I had to go back 8 years, I would have continued in my dev role.
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Rockybhaii

Stealth

a year ago

Different people, different mindset, different goals.
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Gupchup

TCS

a year ago

Not necessarily, what's to say that the reason why you want to move out of dev wouldn't be the reason you would want to move out of PM too?
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StrangerDanger

Stealth

a year ago

PM roles are still evolving with varied emphasis on design, tech or marketing inclinations. As for the constants, it's just communication & critical thinking. Sounds simple but is a pain to do day in day out. I'd say join a cohort based education platforms which would have a lot of exercises to fill in whatever gaps you might be happening. No comments on how the compensation will play out. Would still be a good pay given your experience in engineering. Hope it helps.
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Rockybhaii

Stealth

a year ago

Are you into product management?
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StrangerDanger

Stealth

a year ago

Yea.
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GolDRoger

Stealth

a year ago

Best way would be 1. Since developer, create mvp for some product ( just copy any product from sector you would like to go to ) and do a proper product launch on product hunt 2. Prepare case study for this product ( shows how product centric approach you have) 3. From productmanagementinterviewquestions, prepare basic for interviews. Dont go for cohort courses etc as most of the stuff there is very surface level and you would already know most of it already. Usually people enter an org as APM or product engineer and then transition into product. product is mostly about being metric focused, since you already know tech, it will help you out
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TheOatmeal

Stealth

a year ago

Internally switch not possible at this point?
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Rockybhaii

Stealth

a year ago

Company doesn't want backend dev to move into PM now. They are of the opinion that, we want you in development.
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Gupchup

TCS

a year ago

What I'm saying is that it's easier to get to PM from product than the other way round.
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