Tech Strategy & Product

What is the promotion process like at Capital One? Have power day at the Manager level. What does the promo to SM and Director level look like and what are comp increases?

Great PMs aren't the smartest people in the room, they're the calmest. When a sprint derails, when leadership pivots, when engineering hits blockers, I’ve realized my job isn’t to have all the… more

Recently let go from my job, 10 weeks from expecting my first born (FML). This propelled me into consulting - mainly doing fractional Ops, ERP implementations, financial solutions consulting. If this … more

I come from a non-technical background and I get the big picture, but I still freeze when engineers deep-dive into architecture or pushback on feasibility. Any other PMs struggle with this? How did yo… more

TGIF all!! / S&O / career pivoting

I’ve been in S&O in tech for about six years since graduating, working at different firms, and I’m currently at L5. I’ve been wanting to make a change but not… more

Looking to level up my product thinking, especially around roadmapping, stakeholder alignment, and prioritization frameworks. Any great podcasts or YouTube channels you swear by? I’d love to hear what… more

Any tips for interviewing at Capital One for Manager of Product Management role?

This is the worst place to work. They claim to care about their employees THEY DONT. I have been here for a little over a year. Yesterday I got sick in front of a supervisor and I was told to drink a… more

Seeing a lot of Ops leaders hyping up the “AI first workplace” – that's like a construction manager saying “Hammer first building site." Great, you’ve got a new tool, but who's going to r… more

Operation data analyst focused on analyzing customer success, operations data for the leadership at a startup vs strategy associate reporting metrics and managing forecasting models for top line reven… more

Is anyone open to providing me with a referral to SoFi?

I’m realizing product management is 50% strategy, 50% politics. Getting alignment across teams, especially when they don’t report to you, is a skill I’m still trying to sharpen. I’d love to hear from … more

What percentage of your day do you actually spend talking to users? I’ll go first—honestly, maybe 10% if I’m lucky. Most of my time gets eaten up by internal meetings, roadmap docs, and cross-function… more

I miss building things. I’ve moved up, taken on more strategy, more meetings, more leadership, and less code. It’s supposed to be a good thing, but some days I just miss shipping stuff and seeing the … more

Making the leap from a technical role to product management, and I’m feeling the shift from execution to decision-making. What helped you develop a product mindset when coming from an engineering back… more

Help! I finally landed a job in Product, after years of working towards this. But this company is a disaster!! I’ve seen some seriously garbage fires, but this place has me wondering what I’ve gotten … more

I love product, but I’m wondering if sticking with PM is the best long-term play. I see some people moving into founder roles, chief of staff, or strategy, while others stay on the IC track forever. I… more

A company just offered me $20K more than my current salary, but it’s fully in-office. My current job is remote, and I love the flexibility, but that extra money is tempting. If you’ve gone from remote… more

Struggling to break into late stage startup / big tech in product. Have a CS background with seed stage startup experience pre-consulting. Is there anyone from a similar background who would be open t… more

I had my final interview for a Microsoft position last week Friday. Does anyone know when to usually expect a response? It is in Europe. Status in action center is still unchanged on “scheduled”

AI-driven productivity monitoring sounds like a nightmare that will kill promising tech careers. We’ve seen companies push bad Agile practices that prioritize tracking output over impact—now we're goi… more

Question for PMs - What’s the most unexpectedly difficult product you’ve worked on?Some products seemed straightforward until I was deep in the weeds of user behavior, compliance issues, tech debt, et… more

How do you measure your own success as a PM? It's tricky for me because it’s not like engineering (code shipped) or sales (revenue closed). Some days, I feel like all I do is unblock teams and ali… more

In your Product Management career, what have been some of the most challenging applications to support?

Has anyone else struggled with ‘stealth’ scope creep? I’m not talking about the obvious ‘let’s add more features’ kind, but the subtle shifts. Like the small tweaks here and there that eventually comp… more

I have a product mini case interview scheduled with Cap One for a Sr. Associate position, and the recruiter was supposed to have sent me the prep guide 3 days ago but never did. I followed up and didn… more

When evaluating an offer, do you assess the pay increase relarive to base + RSU's grant value or current value?

Context is my current company stock price has actually increased 20% in the past 2 ye… more