Hi a recent IIT graduate here. I joined an agritech startup after my college as the founders office and it's been around 3 months here. Initially when the founder reached out to me for this role, h...

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Hi a recent IIT graduate here. I joined an agritech startup after my college as the founders office and it's been around 3 months here. Initially when the founder reached out to me for this role, he mentioned some other duties but after coming here I realised it's more like a sales job in B2B. I had a product experience in the past and have done a couple internships also. I joined the company as I thought it would be a learning path but literally since the time I came here I didn't learn any single thing not even sales. 

My focus is on learning rather than money tbh and I really want to switch for this reason. I am feeling stuck here. 

Please if someone has any lead for product management or strategy focus fresher or 6 months experience roles, please let me know. My preference is technology startups irrespective of any sector.


Please help me I don't want to waste this crucial time of my early career stage.


Thank you in advance!

I want to switch as soon as possible.

Founder’s Office

I want to switch as soon as possible.- Grapevine

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Hey good folks, I’ve have had a decent long career of 9 years now, started with finance for 1 year switched quickly to category/program/ business facing roles for the longest time, I have worked in various edtechs - notable Unacademy initial days, currently working for a fintech company, I have a very good interest in tech as a whole for a long time, product management is the best role for me move forward and switch, I wanted to know a way to switch or learn in the right way, do courses work ? Will only practical experience work ? 

P.s not exactly a newbie in the space, I’ve identified problems, ideated, built and solved problems via features, functionality and process all in the purview of product + results - one of the reason why I find it extremely interesting 

What would be an optimal way to become a PM (wouldn’t say a right way)

Need guidance, switching from program/category managent role to a PM role

Software Engineer

Hello Everyone, 

I am a 2018 BTech (NIT) pass out and  2022 IIM pass out with a total of 2.2 years of Workex (1.2 yrs post-MBA) and currently working as an Associate Product Manager. I am not really enjoying my role and I feel Product Management is not suitable for me because of multiple reasons some of them being,


1. I am doing issue resolutions rather than problem-solving which I love to do.

2. I am not very much interested in driving technical discussions or solving technical challenges in the process of Product Development which is the case in my current role. 

3. I want to be part of a Business role where I can leverage the knowledge I have gained during my MBA and work on some problem statements related to the core businesses of the company. 

4. There is no skin in the game of a PM compared to Devs, QAs, and Designers. As a PM I feel I am just delegating, prioritizing, and following up with the requirements. Most of my learnings are around managerial aspects and not business knowledge. 

5. I want to be a part of business roles where I can go deeper into problems and come up with my recommendations/thoughts on them. 

I am looking for new roles where Strategy, Analysis and Core Business Problem solving are involved. I am really not sure what kind of roles are these. 

Please help me with the roles I can explore and how to approach the job search for such kinds of roles. 
Thanks In Advance.

Need Advice - Job Role Switch.

Product Manager

Please let me know about the companies looking for product managers/analysts for freshers. Internship and FTE roles both are to be considered.
Thanks.

Any company hiring for Product Roles for freshers?

I recently made my first career switch and got a decent hike as well.
This is a Product/Analytics role.
Have been working for this since last few months and can say the job market is very giving at this point.
Would love to help anyone aiming for a similar switch in the same job role.

First switch at 1.5 YOE for 45 LPA

Product analyst

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Thinking of switching to Product management and similar level roles.
I have around 9 years of exp in Saas production implementations.
Current organisations doesn’t have any such opportunities. 

What’s the best way to move forward here! Even open for 5-6 months on campus course. 

Please advise.

Genuine opinions needed

Consultant

I am a 2023 graduate and a product Enthusiast. I am from a top tier NIT but unfortunately no companies come for PM roles. I have no idea why. I have a placement in a very good company and a very good salary but im not satisfied because its not in Product. 

What are my options, what do I do? I am not at all interested in another rat race to the IIMs and MBA degrees. 
I just want to work and hustle. 

What can I do?? 

Appreciate all the suggestions. 
Thank you

How do I break into Product Management as a fresher.

Hi everyone, I'm an oracle apps DBA as well as PLSQL Developer with 2.4 years of experience at INFOSYS . I'm currently exploring new opportunities to advance my career. I really need to switch my company. 
I'm looking for product based or any service based start-up  and also any IT company will work for me .

 If you know of any openings or can refer me , please please get in touch. Thank you! 🙏

Currently having around 2.4 years experience with infosys. Need to switch.

Database Administrator

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I am 2022 passout 24 yr old.I have joined one service based startup after college for 6.2 Lakh.But Out of 10 months I was on the bench for 8 months so in that period I have prepared for interview and Got the offer of 17 LPA.Its been 8 months in this job , But from last 2-3 months my growth is stagnant and I got bored as their is not much work as well.So should I go for another switch or wait ?

Advice for switch

Hello good folks of grapevine, I am very confused with my situation right now. I am currently working at a consumer tech unicorn in a strategy role but really burnt out with the working environment. I have no clarity on my roles and responsibilities which keeps changing every week. I am not learning much either. I am planning to quit without any offer in hand (notice period is 2 months, I have enough to survive 5-6 months). I am an IIT-IIM graduate (old ones). Total YOE ~ 4.5 years across strategy consulting, project management and strategy at current startup. Please suggest. Folks who have quit without any offer in hand, how did it work out for you?

I am very confused and lost. Planning to quit my job without an offer in hand. Need suggestions.

Strategy & Operations

Hey everyone!

I'm currently working as a Product Manager at a well-known insurance firm. After being in this industry for a while, I've realized it's not the right fit for me and I'm looking to make a switch. However, with the tough market conditions, I haven't had much luck finding new opportunities. I'm really interested in transitioning to tech-related Product Management, Marketing, or Strategy roles, but most job postings require 2-4 years of industry-specific experience in tech.

I've also heard from colleagues that it can be difficult to switch industries when you have a background in insurance. This has left me feeling a bit demotivated and unsure about my prospects. 

I would love to hear any advice or suggestions on how I can better prepare myself for these roles and increase my chances of landing a new opportunity. 

A little bit about my background: I have a B.Tech in Computer Science and an MBA from IIM and 1 year of professional experience

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Insurance to Tech - career transition

I have about 5 years of experience working in sales for both product and service companies (startups and MNC). However, in the long run I don't want to be in sales. I want to eventually move into something where my work has some sort of impact. Can be: product management, business strategy, internal or client consulting or maybe something else which I'm not sure of. As I'm in the middle of taking a break currently to figure this out, I want to understand how I can transition into these roles without a master's degree? Is it practically possible? If yes, then how should I go about it?

Quite confused, need some help

Growth Manager

Hey, so to introduce myself. I recently graduated from a new IIM and got into a product manager role at a bank where I have the responsibility of launching a new product. I always thought that I would end up in a sales role and did my internship as a market research intern as well. Now, I have no idea how to proceed with my current role. I have no tech background with a bachelor's in science and MBA in marketing & strategy. 

Would like to know if I should stay in this role(tbh I like the tasks) or should I change to sales because a fresher with no tech background would always be at a disadvantage 
And if I choose to stay, how do I go on from here? What skills/certifications/steps should I take. 

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Advice/Mentorship

Hi, I have close to 2 years experience in consulting mostly in implementation and support. 

I am looking forward to making a career in product management and would like to know how can someone with no product experience make this transition and land a job? 

Also what would be the best way to make this transition?

Switch to Product

Analyst

Transition from Insurance PM to Tech PM

How's the job market for Product Growth roles? 
I have 3 YOE and looking for a switch because Growth in the current company has become stagnant.

Also what's currently salary in the market for this role and experience.

Looking for job switch product growth roles

Hey everyone,
I am kinda product guy. Since my 3rd year this industry fascinated me. I have done 1 year as a software developer with fintech and edtech startup after graduating from IIT Bhubaneswar. Since two months i am thinking i can add more value in product management rather than product development. Please share if you have any leads.

Looking for product management job. (On notice period)

I’m an Entry Level engineer having 1.7 years of experience in a WITCH company, mostly working on Spring, AWS, Core Java backend stack. 

I’m looking to switch to a better company for my growth as I don’t find any opportunities here and the learning has been very slow. I’m currently learning frontend (Angular) and K8s. 

Have tried giving my resumé to multiple companies everywhere but no luck. Is it very hard for someone having backend experience of 1.7 years to switch?

Thinking to switch.

System Engineer

Hey grapevine folks, 

I want to switch to a product based company with good payscale, but finding it hard to even get one interview call. 

Also, is it even fine to switch right now as per market conditions?

I work at a good MNC with 10 billion dollar + revenue, but I joined here as a fresher so I get paid less.

I am into front-end development, specialising in Angular with 2yoe.

Any leads would help greatly.

How can I switch?

Software Developer

I am an MBA in Marketing and currently working as a Market Researcher. I want to switch to Product Management. 
Suggest a good online course which is not too heavy on my pockets or if I should I consider something else? I’m looking to pivot from MR as the pay I’m getting is peanuts here, extra long working hours without any compensation and too slow of growth, monetarily. Help a brother out. TIA.

I want to switch as soon as possible.

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