I am in a situation where I need to choose my next role. I can be a program manager working end to end on a program, a product manager for relatively and R&D team, or a software engineer with the R&D team. While I don’t hate coding, and have some basic experience, I am someone who would loves to be a part of the bigger picture, and feels that software engineering is a bit narrow in that aspect. Please help me choose.
I’ve 2.5 YoE and has been a program manager who has handled product functions as well. I equally love all of the above 3 roles.
Would advise against software engineering if it's not something you're 100% keen on
Picking between PM and PgM should be easy
How's it easy to pick between product or program roles?
The difference between product and program is quite significant
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