Transition from Sde2 to PM

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May 1 4 Comments

How easy is to transition from an sd2 to product manager or program manager in Expedia or any other company.
How to go about it.

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  • I’ve made my career on internal promotions most would say I’m not/was not qualified for.
    This is how I would do it:

    1. Be the SDE everyone wants on their team (you’ll have a great reputation)
    2. Make friends with the manager and the people on the team you want to be on. Find a mentor and champion. Share your interest. Ask about job shadow opportunities.
    3. Go to a CSPO certification class of start informally managing projects on your own team to get experience and build skills.
    4. Ask to fill in for your PO/PM when they’re OOO. Make yourself indispensable.

    People who are established at the company, have great attitudes, are hungry to learn, do more than than is required to get by are so much more likely to get promoted - even if they lack the full qualifications required for the role.
    May 1 2
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      IRMC30

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      OP
      How many years of experience do you have as an SDE? And did you transition from sd2 to pm or senior sde to pm?
      May 1
    • 2.
      But that’s the wrong question.
      If you want to make a career change, make it happen. I know you can.
      Also, remember, pretty much no one goes to school to be a PM (program OR product) . These are skills your attain over time and experience.
      May 2
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    Jernbek🍌🚂
    Those are two different roles with different daily activities and tasks and requirement different skill sets. I am a program manager and would say that for a former software dev you’d probably like product better. Program management is a lot of “influencing without authority” and bringing a whole bunch of folks together and doing lots of stuff behind the scenes to make the devs lives easier and to enable deployment. Go product.
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