I have around 12yrs of experience, Started my career with US mortgage and Commercial Banking, Then moved to PMO, took up the scrum master role, Now looking to switch since I have different experien...

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I have around 12yrs of experience, Started my career with US mortgage and Commercial Banking, Then moved to PMO, took up the scrum master role, Now looking to switch since I have different experience not getting enough visibility from recruiters, trying to get PMP certified now. Any advice on what I can do. Since I am working in a service based company my salary hikes have not been that great and it doesn't match my experience. Feeling disappointed looking at freshers with the same package as mine. 

Any suggestions would be really helpful. Thank You!

Need Career Advice, Kindly respond will be very helpful.

Need Career Advice, Kindly respond will be very helpful.- Grapevine

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Hi All, I'm working as a PM in a private bank. Prior to this I had worked as a Business PM in another bank 😅
My experience is that work expectations, KRAs of bank PMs are not in line with what is standard. Mostly stuck with meaningless work, getting very few conceptual projects. Feel like I am a glorified BA, who receives additional shit shovelling from senior mgmt.
Unable to get in depth experience in any vertical.
Earning 20LPA, experience 2.8 years. 

Need advise should I move out of PM and target Biz roles?

Unsure about PM career

Product Manager

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Hey Grapeviners, 

I need some serious help. 

Bit about myself - just graduated this month and working as an APM at a seed stage startup. I have 1.5 years of product experience and 3 years of overall experience as an intern. 

Lately, not sure why but I am loving what engineers do. Closely working with them, and I guess it's nostalgic for myself. Because I did coding for 6 months and moved on for some reason. So, I understand how tech actually works. Have got good feedback regarding this. 

At the same time, I am not really finding the true value of what I am doing everyday. Feels a void inside. 

Also, I am not able to discuss all these things in person with someone, because I fear that they will judge me after doing internships for 3 years, I still haven't figured out my career. Such a loser I am. 

I have been thinking about starting coding again and maybe switching to a coding job in the next 6 months maybe. But again it would be tough for me as I only got weekends for me to learn all this stuff. 

What do you all experienced folks suggest? What should I do? 

Please comment if you can help 🙏

Switching from PM to Engineer

I have over 15 years of experience working in IT and feel stuck here with no growth. At this juncture I am worried if I can get any offers outside as my skills are not great and I feel someone with around 5 years exp can do. Most of the work I did is a middle man work between business and developers either a lead or manager etc. any suggestions? On what path should I choose?

Feel stuck please help

Engineering Manager

Hi, I know it’s a much debated topic but I wanted honest views of my fellow grapers/viners/grapeviners. How valuable is an MBA as a PM? What are the trade-offs - MBA vs Non MBA? Does it affect the career 10 years down the line?

About myself: I’ve 3.5 years of work experience as a PM in the BFSI sector. I did my engineering from a tier 1 institute and started my career as a PM. Currently wondering what to do next. The learning experience in the current company has been below par as of today with no signs of improvement. I would like to explore VC, PE but I’m happy with PM too. 

If you are pro MBA, bonus points for suggesting any relevant courses. If against, then please suggest any upskilling resources 🙌🏻

TIA

MBA as a PM

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

I'm in serious trouble.
I was an sde for 3+ years. Didn't like it, thought it's not meant for me and wanted a different job. 
Came across Product management, which piqued my interest. Somehow found a contract job at a startup and did it for a year. While it's not a traditional PM, it was more of a project manager.

The contract ended, now I'm unemployed.

Applied for jobs, no luck. Now I'm questioning my career choices, should I stick with PM or should I go back to being a techie. I definitely don't want to go back to coding, but I'm thinking of doing something like IAM/okta/cyberark stuff. 

Experienced folks, please help. I literally don't know where am I headed in life

Career help!

Project Manager

Any opening/opportunity for APM/PM role but with no experience in the particular role. I have 1.6 years of industry experience and want to switch domains from developer to APM/PM.
Kindly guide or let me know if your organisation is hiring.

Any opening/opportunity for APM/PM role

Software Developer

I have 7+ years of experience as a QA Engineer but am not willing to continue in this field. Thinking of switching to PMM riles what should I do where should I start

Career Switch from QA to PMM

Hi all, I'm a PMO at  Accenture associate level with 1.5 yoe.
I don't have much work and I am free 90% of the time and I also wfh.
My base pay is 4.26 lpa.
Should I shift to a technical role and if yes which role and what should I prepare for?
If not is this PMO profile good for earning more money?


PLEASE ANSWER

Career change or not?

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

I am deeply worried, to the extent of feeling depressed, about my career trajectory. I feel I made a mistake by switching tracks via doing an MBA with 10 yrs exp. I was a QA for a decade and tried a lot to break into PO roles( worked in a product based org on mobile apps for 6 years). It did not work and the director of PM advised me to do the one year fulltime MBA. Not sure why I gave in to his advice, but I gave GMAT and began with an 18 month Full time program at a Tier-1 Bschool. Cracked placement in the first go but got into IT services( not in WITCH), and now I am stuck being a PMO for a client.
Even when I look at my resume, I see a crappy profile, everything is disjointed and makes no sense now. No wonder I get no calls.
I don't want to go back to QA, this Project Management work is shitty( cannot see any learning happening, but the client is happy so I'm stuck in this project. )
I want to move to PM, thinking maybe CSPM can help, not sure where I am headed. 
Any guidance for this middle aged dinosaur 😞

Lost career graph( long post)

Program Manager

Indian. I am a SDE (backend) currently. ~2 yrs exp. 16 LPA and I work 40-50 hrs a week. I like where I am, but I am not feeling the zeal for tech anymore. Probably will do a MBA down the line (thinking abroad, not sure) 

Looking for equal or greater pay, similar WLB, new domain. Should I switch to PM and try a hand at it? 

Am I aware of the reality or living in my own isolated reality?

Switch to PM?

Software Engineer

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

Which is a better option to increase salary/package ?

 switching roles in between different sectors like banking,audit,financial markets.

Or

To build a career in a specific area/sector.

Need career advice from experienced folks

External Audit

Need advice from experienced folks

How are these people getting such good offers with very low years of experience. 
I have 4+ years in FE and now just shifted to product management, my profile won't even get shortlisted, forget getting an interview. 

What can I do to increase my chances of getting interviews in good product companies and have a shot at getting 30+LPA

How do people get such good offers

I am a PM with 10+ years experience. I am now interviewing with Meesho for Heading their lending vertical. This is not a pure PM role but it involves setting up a vertical grounds up. Not sure if this is a right role for my career right now. Any thoughts would be appreciated 😌

Senior folks (10+ years). Have you switched from PMing to some other role?

Hi all, I have completed my graduation this year in April and landed in banking sector due to College one placement policy. I want to switch from Banking to PM role, any suggestions from you all would be appreciated. Can suggest a road map.
Thanks in Advance.

Swtching Career from Banking to PM

Relationship Manager

I have total 8.9 years of experience in IT  as ETL Developer. I am interested in scrum master and Agile project Management role. I have completed CSM, PSM2 , Safe6, Prince2 certifications but without experience I am not getting any interview calls. Please guide me how to proceed.

Thanks in advance

Scrum Master Roadmap

Please suggest how to approach to get selected in any PM role including internships as some of the firms are asking for experience even for the role of intern? But I don't have any experience & have a career gap.

Any suggestions how to get into starting PM roles including internships

I've been a Senior Backend Dev all my career and seriously wanted to switch to Managerial roles. I have a CSM® certification and am undergoing various training as well. I'm okay to start with Associate roles as well. 

Kindly provide your valuable suggestions and preparation tips! TIA

How to get into Project Manager roles with 7 yoe?

Scrum Master

Hello! I am an entrepreneur who has 4+ years of relevant experience as a business analyst and of Product Manager. I am looking for a PM opportunity, as I could not scale my venture.

My experience was majorly focused in the growth domain with e-commerce and SaaS projects. I have completed a couple of PM courses to brush up my knowledge.

I have applied for 200+ companies in the past month, but did not hear back from anyone.

Kindly share any advice so I can upskill myself more effectively. 
Also please share some insights on how I can get referrals from my network.

PM - Skill enhancement/ Career growth

Looking for transition to Product Management domain after 7 years experience in various roles, where can I get real time experience of product manager any suggestions please, because product management joining would be life time opportunity for me now, someone please suggest

Need Career Advice, Kindly respond will be very helpful.

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