Hi everyone, I'm a B.Tech. graduate in Computer Science with 7+ years of experience in sales and operations leadership, looking to transition into a product management role (PM/APM).
I recently completed a PG certification in Product Management with a specialization in Product Growth, where I honed my skills through projects and assignments. My passion for building and growing products led me to pursue this certification during a career break.
In my previous role (3 years), I spearheaded teams, driving revenue, growth, product adoption, customer satisfaction, and churn reduction.
I'm eager to leverage my experience and newfound knowledge in product management. Any referrals or leads would be greatly appreciated!
B.Tech in Computer Science, yet chasing sales for 7 years? You are not a lost sailor, but a confused wanderer. Chose sales, now product management, what's next? Rocket science? Just because you've seen a buffet, doesn't mean you have to try every dish. "Dhobi ka kutta, na ghar ka na ghat ka", understand this. What's your actual passion, mate?
As a generalist, this hurt 😢
I started as a data analyst at an initial level ecommerce startup with 5 employees including founder, this involved almost everything to scale up and grow a business as my role was not just confined to analysis of data or market research. I did a lot more than that. Then, later explored sales to develop my presentation skills, objection handling, people management and understanding customers personas and how to solve their pain points with the product I was into and it helped me grow in sales. I may seem a confused wanderer to people or my career path may seem unconventional, but I strongly believe that job is not a race where you have to start and finish on the same track. It’s a journey of learning and acquiring new skills and challenging yourself to be better at what you what to be using your past experiences.
To answer your question about what’s my passion? It has always been thinking about ways and methods to grow a business and this is what I am planning to do ahead as well.
Wish you real good luck man. 🤗
I’ve seen 2 of my classmates do exactly this around the same experience level. It’s been 5-6 years now and they’re quite happy about it. There are multiple other examples in my not so close circles.
One of the classmates did it within his existing company. I think this can be a good option if you get a chance like that. Else, create a funnel of other channels. Keep at it, you should be able to do it sooner or later.
About the timing/market… its a tougher market for any job switch anyway and I think it’s better now. I wouldn’t literally even consider market timing for this. The sooner you start working on it, the better.
And none of those 2 had comp science. So you’d have a better shot.
Looking forward for such opportunity!!
Wouldn't say it's a great time for this
Well, this is what it is..!!
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