General question- when making a career change, do you always have to go back to entry level?
What if you spent years building your salary up and don't want to take an entry level salary but want to explore other career paths?

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You have to show how your skills and experience are transferable and comparable, and any added value you bring from another industry.

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Show, don't tell. If you think you shouldn't start at the bottom, prove it.

You should jump back a few levels in salary but you shouldn’t have to start at the bottom. Life experience and business experience count for something. Especially in Advertising where so many people are unqualified. Then you should advance more quickly once you learn the skills related to your mew role.

I know many Copywriters who started as lawyers or even as Account people or clients. They soon caught up on the craft and process and now you wouldn’t know.

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How many years did it take you to get promoted to senior software engineer?

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Hi Fishes,
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Which of the above organization will be a better for learning and growing opportunity as a ServiceNow Developer? Which one of the above is better?

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I joined PwC AC Bangalore as a fresher and have been working here for 13 months.
I was randomly assigned to SAP, but I’ve realised I really want to move away from this and move towards what I originally planned on pursuing i.e. data analysis, I was already well versed in ML and DL with python.
If anyone has made a similar transition, it would be great if you could help me understand how do I go about this.

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Am I the only one who is happy I got into IT?

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Hello
I was hired by a SaaS company for 95,000 Fr as a Senior Full Stack Developer. I have 9 years of experience and I worked in multiple startups and technologies. I also have relatively better experience in NodeJS, React, SQL, Elasticsearch.
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Joined big tech recently (as a PM) after working at a startup/mid sized tech company. Can someone explain the role of a PgM in context of big tech? I’ve never worked with a PgM before and struggling to understand their responsibilities vs a PM

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Looking to move to the Dallas Fort Worth area close to June I’m here to network and see it all would welcome me and help me out during my transition

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YOE: 4.5

any inputs will be really appreciated

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I got promoted and to the best promotion tier you can get. Instead of feeling excited and celebratory, I feel exhausted and dread of even more demands and stress that come with the paycheck and title.

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Hi Fishes, I am looking for a role in data analyst/Business analyst/product analyst with Hyderabad as location or WFH.
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Hello Folks,
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CTS : No clarity as of now, only thing I am aware is that I’m a part of full stack community.
HCL : Some clarity on the project but less package than other two.
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YOE ~8
Skill set : . Net full stack + Angular + Azure

Thanks

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What is the minimum unit of time you bill? A quarter of an hour?

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Art Director.
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