I’ve tried various roles in my career as Data Scientist, Product Manager, Project/Program Manager, and while I’ve always been a great performer and got promotions etc. I never enjoyed the work and now as Engagement Manager drag getting up in the morning and have zero motivation for my career moving forward. I dread thinking of being in similar roles in 5 years or rest of my life. What other roles would you recommend or what have you found fulfilling? I’d like a job that has purpose and as I have PhD, need something that has innovation in it rather than coordination which is most of the work in product and project management roles. Only been at ibm for 6 months, so the problem is not just ibm ;) #career #productmanagement #projectmanager #phd #careerchoice#careeroptions
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What do you like in practice but not in theory? I ask this because as stupid as it sounds I've found out I like certain things based on what I've done but never thought about it. E.g. as corny as it sounds I do like solving problems and having complexity in my work otherwise it becomes boring and not engaging. Anything similar for you? Just on an emotional level what has made you feel good while at work?
It actually doesn’t sound stupid at all ... I enjoy breaking down complexity, making sense out of nonsense and I’m usually really good at linking the dots, bringing in the right people to solution things ... so I’m good at unpacking the vision, setting up the right teams, setting a plan of what needs to be done upfront and then hate the execution part lol so I’d to like to hand it off to a project manager or someone and move onto next thing otherwise like you I’ll be bored
@abysq I can relate. I've felt the same way when writing code or writing essays in under grad. Sometimes you plan something out well and then all that is left is the execution, which can be boring if there's no change in definition. One of the reasons why I don't like doing heavy front end work, it's mostly just definitions no thinking. Maybe you'd enjoy being a more senior SDE or simply a product owner who's looking at the big picture and defining things, but leaves implementation up to the next level down. Nothing wrong with that, to be honest you might want to look into working at Amazon. I was there for a year and towards the end all I did was lead projects or business initiatives, I didnt like it because I felt I was spread too thin, but if you find the right product with the right team I think you'd like it. I was given the option to work on designing several projects or defining one and working on it. So in my experience Amazon does let you do more leadership if you want to do that (there may be others as well, but just one that I know of that promotes people to take ownership).