Has anybody made a successful exit to a product manager role for tech without prior tech experience? Wondering about the potential options a 2nd year analyst.

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Brutal honesty but can’t see this happening. Between no technical background and only 2 yrs of analyst work, you’re not qualified to guide multiple technical teams in designing, building, and marketing a tech product...

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