As a PM working in a specialized area is it better to change companies to a pm role or an engineering role?
May 5, 2017
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I assume even if I have a strong history of work as an engineer being most recently a pm I'd have to work my way back up, and as a PM whose expertise is in specialized project domains id have a limited set of options for pm roles in other companies.
Half of me wonders if I should just bite the bullet and go work on some startup ideas I have. I don't think I'd have issue building my product or getting a round of funding but unsure if I want to dive into a multi year commitment like a startup just yet especially with all the scaling challenges involved.
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That will teach the valuable lesson that making a profitable business that can sustain a compensation such as your current one is pretty much impossible (big news you're working for an outlier that makes tremendous amounts of money; it's not reproducible).
Or you'll find out you were right and you'll make money which is a valuable lesson as well.