I'm in business strategy and majorly worked across different startups
When looking for a new role, HRs tell me they are looking for specialized experience, or my experiences do not count as they are less than 2 years (in each company)
I like being a generalist, I have learnt much more than I think I would have in a specialist role
What do you guys think?
I have 4YOE, currently in a seed stage startup
Hey First off, when you say generalist, you are talking about industry and not functional right? because strategy across different industry/verticals counts as strategy function. however if u have done a mix of functions, strategy ops marketing etc then it is a generalist profile. should clear that first.
Hi @Baingan Yes, I have worked across ops marketing, very briefly in finance (startup was too small) Strategy is vast and covers a lot of domains, with each industry it differs even further
@Pillow so I haved worked in core strategy in a corp and startup and I have run a P&L. strategy after a point of time will become a hard role to optimise for. P&L roles show more growth. the right play typically is to try P&L roles as soon as possible. for strategy folks, roles like category planning/category marketing in ecomms/d2c is a good entry point.
I'm interested in getting freelance gigs in generalist roles.
What can make or do to add to my proof of work portfolio?
I have tried blog writing on business and management topics, but they aren't getting me anything
Background: 6YOE...
I've been in startups for the last 8 years. From Series B/C onwards to even a unicorn, over time worked at 3. One of them was an outright scam, raised many millions of $s from top investors, and then ultimately died. Also close with ...
A startup with experienced folks and a well defined set of roles and responsibilities >>> one where we're all "a family"
I often wonder can generalists in startups get packages that software folks get?
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