Has anyone successfully pivoted into product or data science role without much of a tech background?

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Product needs org and process management experience. Data science needs the math background. Neither requires tech.

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Non-FAANG really anything is possible because they are no universal standards like you have in FAANG, so sure. The downside is your comp will definitely be lower (worse exits too).

Focus more on your side projects btw, no one cares about certs. They want to see people who have been writing software since they were 16 just for fun, ideally.

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I've been in IT and tech project management for much of my career but I can't write code or do anything super technical to save my life.

I've been in product management for 7 years now.

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I did get an offer for Product mgmt without technical bg

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Tech means a lot of things. What tech do you mean?

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