Upi

Sde to PM. Regrets

Had started my career as a android developer for 2 years. Was fairly good at it. Went for a MBA from IIM K and joined a fintech startup as a PM. Around 5yoe PM now

Keep regretting on and off how life could have been as a developer.

Crazy salary- esp after covid. Almost every org ways way more to a dev than a PM
Lot of options in job market - Unlike PM where demand is far less than supply
Specialised role - unlike PM where there is literally no entry barrier
Hard skill - unlike PM where everyone keeps questioning the need of the role
Chiller life - unlike PM where failures are yours but success is team’s

Does anyone else feel the same?

13mo ago

DeepDawn

Unemployed12mo

I'm an sde trying to switch into PM. Am i making a bad decision?

Upi

Juspay12mo

Reasons?

DeepDawn

Unemployed12mo

Honestly, I was never good at coding and decided it's not for me. However, i still wanted to be closer to tech. The next best thing i could find was PM

MarkZuckerberg

Meta13mo

Come back to greener side

Upi

Juspay13mo

How

StuckInBlr

Stealth12mo

I guess you could try applying for entry level roles if you're out of practice. Startups might pay well for a dev + pm

TheOatmeal

Stealth13mo

Try if you can move to EM side. Kinda in a same situation.

Upi

Juspay12mo

What are you doing about it? How are you planning the move?

Sadmonk

Stealth13mo

Covid founder here bro. Life's real tough

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