Do you think it is possible to join a company in an industry you have no interest in to develop your product management skills? Or to be effective as a product person, do you need to have interest in the industry/product?

What are thoughts in transitioning from Life Sci Consultant to a Medical Science Liaison for a large pharma? Is that a lateral move or a downgrade?
Also, any perspectives on MSLs welcome!

Seeking direction in selecting the most cost effective and fastest route to become an MLS. I have a international STEM BSc (2014), 3 years of research lab experience, 1 year hospital lab experience and 2.5 years veterinary diagnostics experience. I live in Michigan and was told by two schools that my credits have to be less than five years old but I think they are trying to get me to pay more by staying in school for four years. Can anyone offer some guidance? Does my prior exp hold no value?

any startups worth looking at? I think I'm done with consulting and would love to go to a SC startup that's using analytics and tech

What is sales engineering? And how does one get into it?

Thinking to transfer from audit to transaction (Sat or FDD), any thoughts you can share (process, flexibility, pay increase, future exit opportunity)?

“I feel like I’m the stupidest person here”
“You are not stupid. You literally work at one of the top consulting firms in the world”
“I literally got a 6% in one exam during undergrad”
“Well damn I guess you are stupid”

I am a business development manager in a small biotech incubator. My end goal is to work in commercial, BD or operations within a big pharma/biotech company. What would be best for me:

1) stay in my company to quickly become BD Director and then exit (however my learning opportunities within my current company might be limited)
2) go do consulting for a few years
3) any other recommendations?

Thanks!

What sort of marketing role(s) does a general strategy consulting toolkit make a consultant looking to exit into industry in the marketing function well suited for?

Does anyone know about Sales Strategy and Operations roles and how the career path looks? Ultimately looking to break into venture. Currently in TMT IB and have zero interest in PE

Has anyone ever left finance (or know someone that has) to do something completely different? My experience is split between FP&A and accounting and while I have progressed, I am becoming depressed b/c I feel like I’m in the wrong field. I am generally a motivated, high performing person, but I al starting to slip up and care less, b/c my work is not satisfying to me. I know I just sound like a complainer, but does anyone have any advice?

Hi! I am super new to this app and I see a consistent ask about latina(x) mentors. Has anyone been able to find one and how? I am still looking and frankly could you use all the support. I am the only latina in my office and culturally sometimes I hit these invisible walls that make me feel so incredibly self conscious. I am the first to have a degree in my family so they do support me but there’s a huge gap. I want to know how to navigate big law/private practice without losing myself & culture

I’ve been in non-profit finance for over 6 years, now looking to go into compliance. I’ll appreciate any advice I can get.

Worried because of my salary at my current company I am pricing myself out of opportunities to move into a rep agency that could eventually give me the opportunity to buy into it. I’m currently almost topping out on my salary at current company with no opportunity to progress. Can make good money for a while here, but new challenge is interesting to me. Struggling accepting I may have to cut my salary 10k-20k in order to do that…

I work as a marketing consultant and I love my job. It’s the career for me and I want to advance my career and climb the ladder. What are some of the typical positions that are pursued after a marketing consultant role? What are some pointers that you can give to someone who wants to advance their career? What are some things that I can do now to prepare me for that next role?

How easy is it for brand strategists to jump to client side? Been trying but feel like the “Marketing Manager / Director” roles require deep operational experience, ergo, not a 100% fit.

Has anyone found a way to automate salary certifications?

We get about 3-5 requests daily to fill out salary certifications for our employees in EMEA.

At the moment, we have to do all of them manually. We open a pdf, then open their employee file and plug away. It's tedious and time-consuming, but the banks I found won't accept an internal salary certification for some reason. They're adamant about using their form. Has anyone come across this?

Graduated in 2020, wanted to be a graphic designer, took a job at a startup in a social media role. The boss called me the "r" word for not handling entire 13-ish accounts roster well by myself. I quit. Found a role as social media specialist. Realized (again) that I hate social media. Moved to in-house mktg manager, only to be a glorified graphic designer / someone to call the city to cut down trees. I job hopped too much, I feel my portfolio is empty. How do I restart again? I feel defeated.

Hey everyone! Looking for a mentor in the Denver area. Currently a media specialist working on the strategy side that is hoping to make the move into copywriting. Would love to bounce some ideas off of someone or simply learn more about your career path!

Question for F🐠. Someone asks you to keep them company via text, social media, maybe a phone call sometime etc. You'll be payed to do this. Would you do it? And what are your terms?

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me how will be WLB in informatica Business limited for QA enginner role.
How will be the hikes?

Yoe -3+ years
Tech- automation

Need 11 likes to DM. Can you please help me?

Can someone refer me urgent
15YOE in IT Operation, Immediate Joining..

Delivered Mindtree laptop today, can we use this laptop for our uses like learn online, play YouTube, netflix and all after office hours?

Are there any books or other resources that mid levels/seniors/counsel/partners on here have found helpful for the project management / managing junior attorney aspects of your job?

I am not finding a lot of stuff written for lawyers specifically , but there is a lot directed at “managers” in business generally that I imagine could be applicable.

If anyone is interested Swiss Fine Timing in Chicago does have a Tudor BB58 with a Black dial on a metal bracelet in stock. I’d buy it, but I’m going through James and Sons for mine.

Those who tuned into KPMG town hall, thoughts?

Anywhere hiring at the minute?

Anybody know of any art director positions open?

Is Canada visa initiated for anyone in TCS

Is there some specific time when visa will be initiated for Canada

Hello Fishes - Joiners TCS in Nov 2021 (Lateral). So will I get hike after FAV or not as they are stopped doing so.

Are there any schools in particular that are really good for non profit careers? I’m planning to apply to business school but wanted to specialize in social impact

How risky is going to a startup which is currently going through Series A? Have just received an offer.

Is it okay to trim your chest hair?

Note: Not the entire chest, just the hair visible in case your top 2 buttons are open/or the hair which is above your vest area.

Hi fishies! Considering an internal big 4 move from Western Europe to Dubai. Not sure about WLB and whether there’ll be enough growth and learning opportunities after reading some of the threads here. Anyone up for sharing their experience? Especially concerned about sexism / racism as a WOC…and whether moving back to Europe in a few years will be difficult because the ME experience won’t be considered valuable.

So finally when all this rush of V day is over, lemme know if any female ZSer from ND ofc in age bracket of <25 is interested for a pizza connect !

New to Product Owner role.

What is the max salary product owner can get in Canada! And what are the factors that determine the salary for product owner

With product design questions, I struggle to identify user groups. Once I do everything starts flowing and I’m confident. But the initial identification of user groups is something I find challenging. What’s your go-to way of doing this? For example, the question “design a podcasting app for truck drivers.” What types of truck drivers can I select so that I can prioritize a user group to focus on and begin identification of pain points and solutions?

I'm working at a startup where I feel like I've spent as much time trying to deal with product issues vs working on roadmap items. I get this is bound to happen in a start up but is this common? I'm not sure what to do. It seems like no one really thought about the architecture or ux as much as they should have in my opinion. I need some advice.

Anyone interviewed with Walmart Labs? How slow/fast do they move? Been 🦗 since the hiring mgr screen

Anyone know any amazing freelance UX/UI designers? DM me.

I’m currently a PM in a startup in Greater NYC area looking for other opportunities. Any insights or advice on what salary/compensation expectations I should have with 2,5 YOE in this area? Any guidance would help. Thank you!

Finally made the career shift into tech product management (originally in consulting). It’s been exactly a month of being in the role, but any advices on how to spend the next 60, 90 days+ ahead?

So far I’ve been focused on understanding product, getting to know the team, contributing to project management areas where I’m more used to. Thanks!

Anyone here a Product Mgr at Cisco? Would like to connect to discuss the hiring process, and get some pointers towards prep

How many hours are you all , on average, working in a day?

I think I'm really bad at communication, storytelling, active listening etc. I'm good at 1-1 relationships, but really bad in 1-many scenarios. I just sound stupid often. Feel like I'm surrounded by people who communicate so much better. Has anyone improved their comms skills as they progressed in their careers? Any tips or courses that helped you on the way?

Preference and viewpoints on B2B vs B2C ?

Would folks be open to participating in a “PM Office Hours” style discussion?

Flexible on format etc; here’s what I’m thinking:
- We choose a particular problem for a week (/month?) which a lot (all?) PMs face regularly. E.g. “stakeholder mapping”
- we have a “Fishbowl Live event” where we (practicing PMs) can discuss what we have seen work / not work/ brainstorm solutions for someone with a specific problem.

The idea is to provide multiple peer perspectives, and hopefully something useful

As product managers, what questions would you ask when interviewing a product designer?

Anyone have experience starting a product consulting side hustle?

I’m about 6 months into PM, and searching for ways to earn more and learn more. Might be too green, but open to thoughts

If you had $5k to spend on courses or professional development, where would you spend it to maximize ROI in terms of PM career trajectory or building useful skills?

I'm curious to hear answers in general, but can provide more specifics about my current role/skills/aspirations if needed.

How often do you see people going from solutions architect to product manager

Anybody have any feedback on what it's like working in product at Zillow? I see good reviews on sites, but interested in how the product organization is run.

For all the 🐠 that switched from consulting to product, which role provided you with more tangible skills? I know I’m making some broad strokes here, but thought it might open other discussions as well

For product analytics alone which is better? Heap or Pendo? Has anyone had any experience using them?