Career help!
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
Take a deep breath. Here is what you should do :
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Explore highly technical PM roles - developer products, SaaS. Your experience is a great fit.
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Join an org with an internal shifting policy so that you can always try out something new.
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Try Program Management as well, just to see where you fit better.
Haven't come across a lot of tech PM roles lately. I'll try and keep applying but it does feel scary if things don't work out
Take a deep breath. Here is what you should do :
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Explore highly technical PM roles - developer products, SaaS. Your experience is a great fit.
-
Join an org with an internal shifting policy so that you can always try out something new.
-
Try Program Management as well, just to see where you fit better.
If you need a referral at Okta, hit me up!