Go from Software Engineer at Nike to Product Manager at Tech Startup
I’ve been been a Software Engineer at Nike for over 5 years and have been promoted every 2-2.5 years. I’ve launched 3 consumer experiences as a frontend dev and have experience on the backend tuning services. My current role gives me responsibilities to expand in technical product management - analyzing a system diagram to identify and prioritize development requirements, managing an engineering backlog, creating a wiki for our services and infrastructure, and communicating with other technical teams to align on dependencies.
I’ve been having conversations with a friend about an opportunity to join a budding Web3 startup backed by a16z and a stellar leadership team. Roles include a frontend developer and product manager. Im leaning towards pursuing Product Manager since that aligns with my career ambitions. However, I’m concerned I’m at odds given my lack the business skills needed for a PM role (finance, marketing, strategy). I’m willing to put in the extra effort to make a PM happen through a startup but don’t know the odds I’m up against.
My manager is great, company culture is comfortable, but my gut tells me it would be a miss to not join the startup with a promising future.
Can anyone provide insight?
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the only reason to do this is if you want to transition to PM and are willing to accept poor WLB. which is a fine reason