Is it time to quit product management?
Anyone thinking of switching from product management to other roles and how are you going about it? This has been on my mind recently after layoffs and reading about interview struggles so I’m worried about future job security as a PM. Edit: I have dev background so engineering seems like the natural option but I’ve been out of practice. #productmanager #product
It is better to switch out of PM if you have an opportunity to do so. There is clearly a PM correction happening in the market and it's a good bet that the excess PM roles that were eliminated will never return.
Bunch of bull crap. Bad PMs were let go off or managed out due to politics. I don’t see a negative count in total number of PM Jobs in general. Sure, it isn’t as easy to get into PM but nothing says there is a correction happening.
It hasn’t been easy to get into PM for years now. It was hard to break into PM even 6 years ago.
I feel the same. Thinking about pivoting to data engineering.
And here I am thinking abt getting on this ship😐
Always be shipping.
Hey Paytm. How’s Vijay these days !?
I’m over it. Thinking about pivoting to program management
It’s not so bad over here. We sometimes get fancy titles like product ops or product support. Less work less pressure but way less money. But I make enough
Seems like program managers get to steer the ship through influence like product. They’re on the hook for delivery but not for the hardest parts of product management
i am also looking for transition from technical program manager to technical product manager, is it not a good move?
There is no future as a PM. Not because the role is not needed but because it is not understood nor valued by the execs. Is not viewed as a productive role. Unfortunately.
Says who?
Says axway. Whatever the fuc that means
I don't see a risk tbh. There was excess in market due to every random guy trying to be a PM but don't see any risk of existence for good pm roles
At Amazon I think PMTs are valued a lot more than other places though, so while I agree I also think our perspective may be skewed a bit?
There will always be a need for PM when you have engineering in the mix. Some of the devs I’ve worked with don’t want to deal with Customers, Services and Sales teams directly.
To be clear, devs who want to deal with those people on every aspect are fake devs who try to look good at dealing with people but actually not at software dev itself.
I want to get to into PM from app development . Is it not worth it ? Lately I feel like every team is pivoting to out sourcing jobs to India and other countries . So I thought PM might be right way to go.
Never leave technology. Software developer has far more opportunities than PM
But it’s mentally draining . I’m tired of putting up fires all the time .
When there is a downturn the new definition of PM is SME Biz dev and build management gets outsourced to the engineers. People get cheap and reactive. It might get better over time. Until there is money for new ventures, all product development is screwed unless you’re in AI or pretend to be. Winter has arrived.
I'm going with "pretend to be."