Been in product for 6 years. For last 2 years, I’m not motivated and I feel there’s not much to do other than meetings, sprints and project management. Most work is done by design and dev. I took a year break to help with burnout and back working.

I can’t pinpoint the issue here and I’m wondering if my interests still lie in product or if i should switching industries or roles. Started CS courses to improve tech know how and I’m liking the problem solving

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It could also be that it is not the right role for you? It seems you are working mostly in implementation perhaps you can try to look more at product strategy roles?
There are a lot of roles in industry where unfortunately you do only implementation and delivery for product managers.
In my previous role I was only executing what senior stakeholders wanted, it wasn’t a very product led business but also the product function wasn’t very empowered.

Maybe look at to move in roles where they will need your knowledge on implementation but also where you can build your skill set as a product strategist?

You should look into doing some nonprofit/community service. That's what helped me stop looking internally and look outside of myself to see what I really needed in this next chapter of my life

It sounds like you are stuck managing people more so than doing the work you actually enjoy. Can you reach out to your manager for a new role or at least to get your feet wet on some other projects?

Issue is my group manager is all over the place too and I feel like I need to jump in to manage things to stay on track

I don’t think you can get away from meetings or even the fact you don’t really do much of the actual work that results in product launches/features so if that’s what excites you, it’s worth seeing if other roles fit. I think it only increases as you gain seniority.

Same. I feel the exact same way.

Feel the same way. Sometimes I wonder whether I should pursue a different career but I’d hate to start over after all these years. SIGH.

You can make move in some other area I’ve seen people moving from product director to commercial director which in this case for that person I believe it was the best move.
Maybe try to think of some other areas where your skills can be transferable

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