JazzyWalrus

Not sure what Product management I am doing

4yoe Engineer turned Product Manager. It's been 8 months I joined this B2B SaaS startup as an APM. Engineering team... mostly interns. Most of my time goes into execution following up with devs. Is the PR reviewed, is the bug fix deployed. No Jira, scrum, sprint planning whatsoever.

CEO runs the whole show. Only fear driven product management. I have no idea what it means to work on vision or strategy. My career has started off with a shitty foundation. Everyday I feel like quitting. What should I do? Quit right away or wait n switch to a better company?

16mo ago

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FloatingQuokka

Unacademy16mo

Great that you are getting the first hand experience of what real world looks like.

Not sure what you mean by not getting to ‘work on vision or strategy’. Good PMs are great at execution above all.

And it’s perfectly natural to have CEOs run the show — that’s most of the companies in the industry.

You can quit if you feel like it, things won’t be that different elsewhere.

JazzyWalrus

Stealth16mo

The kind of execution I do feels like something an engineer manager can do as well. Freeing up time for me to focus on PM work like competitive analysis, prds etc.

FuzzyNoodle

Stealth16mo

Are you getting paid well?

JazzyWalrus

Stealth16mo

Not worth the work or stress I have to handle.

FluffyNugget

Plivo16mo

Why quit without offer in hand in this market? If u don’t mind staying without job for few months or it’s taking unbearable mental toll then sure quit