Are the Silicon Valley product group courses/sessions worth it? It’s not necessarily about the money although it is expensive, but is it worth my time?

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Hello everyone. I have 9 years of experience in iOS development. I have worked in swift, react native, reactjs, blockchain. Was working a product lead. Got laid off last week. Looking for an opportunity.
Thanks in advance!

I read this super interesting article about how big companies like Toyota are investing in social-emotional training for their employees and seeing massive benefits. I actually think this could be a whole separate class for students of all ages. Learning about conflict resolution, growing your own self-regulation skills...it's really important.

I don’t understand how majority of folks afford rent here. Also, how these luxury apartment buildings stay full capacity. Seems as if majority of Coloradans I meet aren’t raking it in $$$.

Partners, directors and senior management: when giving an interview, how do you decide whether the candidate is a good fit? Are there things you look out for? I’m deciding between 2 candidates who are both equally qualified and personable. Only looking to hire one. What to do here

What careers pay the best in the Uk?

What’s the best tumi briefcase? Keen to have something compact as possible (will end up filling with crap if I go for the bigger ones) but also want something can carry or attach a water bottle to

Got an offer and I’m expecting to sign on Monday. Shall I give a notice to my boss today (Friday) or wait until our next call on Tuesday?

I just left a very toxic work place.
The crazy thing is they were just named the best local municipality to work for. It's upsetting. They advertise a "culture" but don'tapply it. It felt like a used car sales pitch, I was sold a dream but given junk. I am constantly replaying moments. I have read so many books and everything leads to they were the problem. How do I recover from this?

If you were 22 years old with $55k in cash and $14k in student loan debt what would you do?

Looking for a drinking buddy next week in Detroit. F. Mid 20s. No hookup.

Any smart, funny and caring Desi F Interested in connecting? Trying really hard to avoid the matrimonial route.

How much we can expect for 11 Yoe and Sharepoint/power platform developer?

Anyone else’s love life so DRY that you find yourself having a crush on an older man at work who is in senior leadership? I keep it professional, but I feel like I’m doing something so bad by having this crush.

Ever get so bored that it feels exhausting to do work, even a simple task?

Can anyone explain the grades in HSBC ?
What is GCB-5?

Looking to finally go get my SPHR having the PHR for the past 6 years. Still value and pursuing and obtaining?

Any advice on getting into product management? I have 3+ YOE working as an IT service manager and I’ve seen so many companies stating they want people from “diverse backgrounds” but then soon change their minds when they find out in an interview that you don’t have very specific product management experience

Feel like I missed the boat years back to get into Director of Product role. Back in the day there was only Senior in between a Director role, now there’s Lead and Group levels, so much hierarchy now.

After 3 rounds of Apple interviews, recruiter has requested a call. Do we think it’s more likely a rejection or an offer?

What’s a good CISA program?

Anyone currently working at Peloton and able to provide a reference for a Senior Product Manager role? Thanks!

What base salary/ total comp to expect for a Sr PM in Toronto in today’s market?

I was looking at PM roles only that were around $110k, one company approached me with Sr PM (title bump) at $110k. I’m getting scheduled for final interview loop next week with this company and planning to negotiate if an offer is extended from them. I did tell them that I’m at final stage with other companies so they can expect multiple offer situation from me. Advice?

(1/2) Hi all, based in the UK 🇬🇧, would appreciate your advice on how I could break into product management.

Context: Graduated in 2019 (Finance), 2 years at EY as a business consultant on mix of pmo projects and tech projects where I was developer (data vis, power platform, sql, vba, data analysis etc.). Joined Google on a 6 month contract as a data analyst.

Should I be applying for product analyst roles? Should I apply for strategy consulting? Could I go straight for prod mgmt roles?

What are the best roles in big tech for someone with tech backround/software development experience ~1.5yoe with an MBA and consulting ~2.5yoe?

Thanks!!

What’s the background of most product managers you’ve come across? Is it engineering, consulting, strategy, etc.? I’ve never met anyone who started their career as a PM and I’m curious how to get in it?

Any recommendations on offline coding bootcamp in US?

I need your honest advice one which options below is better for career projection into leadership roles:
Staying in cybersecurity consulting and moving up the ranks or exiting to product management at a Faang and then no idea what?
Like when you become product manager at a Faang what your career into leadership look like?

What are main differences in career/salary trajectory and WLB for a product manager vs product marketing manager?

If I did good on the first two interviews but just “okay” on the more technical third interview do you think I still got the job?

Anyone go to product from data science? Any thoughts on your transition?

Do you need an engineering degree to go into product management? I have a bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Digital Transformation, and I work as a C (soon to be SC) im Tech Strategy and Transformation. What are the next steps I should to to pivot into PM? (certifications, types of projects, etc)