Curious if anyone transited from an agency to a product manager role. How hard it will be and what to prepare?

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I worked with a very good agency gor 2.5 years. I was then referred to Facebook for a contract role by someone and I took the opportunity.
The role at facebook was Data Analyst and I was working closely with Product Managers and Sales & Solutions team. From there I got an idea about the Product Manager's role, what do they do, what are their skillsets etc. I was pretty much interested in that role but my learnings were very limited at such a big company.
Also, I was on a contract for one year which extended to another year, so I started looking for options after 14 months.
Luckily I found a very good role at my current org where, again I am closely working with the product manager (based in US) and Engineering team (based in India).
I am helping the current PM ease out her job and so that she can focus more on clients.
I am working with the engineering team to help build the product and my juniors are taking care of the user acquisition role and I am guiding them.
I am going to take another 6-8 months to ask my company to promote me to the PM role.

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Thank you so much for sharing. It’s very impressive to see how you take each step to be closer to your dream! Good luck on your promotion.

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From an Advertising Agency to Product Manager?

Wow! Would you mind sharing how you prepared?

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