I’ve heard that you have to either be an MBA, an ex-founder or a VP/Director of Product at a smaller company or have >5 yoe as a PM, to actually become a PM at FANG or other startups(especially Airbnb)? Is this true? Have PMs with an engineering background, from other non-FANG companies been able to successfully move to FANG? I went from engineering to PM at my current company and am looking to move but have had the PM title only for a year (have been doing this role under an engineering title for a while now) TC 250K
Interesting. I have about 2 yrs under my belt and got hot up by google recruiter for product mgr role
Interesting. Maybe that’s what it is? I don’t have 2 years of experience on paper until a couple of more months. How was the interview? Did you get in?
I told them I didn’t want to do it yet. Want to stick around with my team for some time to learn and deliver some more wins first
Same as above, 2 years for me and got hit up google recruiter
We’re you actively looking? Were you able to make the move?
I joined Google about 8 years ago and have been a PM since. I can’t comment about other companies but in my experience we tend to hire top MBAs or if you have a significant win in the past, been acquired etc. We do have engineers get to the PM ladder, but there’s a process where you need to exceed expectations for at least two cycles and find a supporting team that wants to take you. Having said that fang should be doable, what’s your background OP? Do you have any successful product launches under your belt?
Yes the current product I work on at my company was a success and is a fairly large revenue generator for them. My background is in CS and engineering. Have been an engineer for about 5 years and officially moved to a PM role internally this past year. I’d love to be a founder but that’s a bit too risky for me currently. I have a pretty good GMAT score but decided against an MBA as it is too pricey for me at the moment. Plus I don’t see a value in an MBA now that I’m already on the PM track.