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Recently got a role at GCP as TAM (comp is pending) but I also got into bschool ; I was hoping to use bschool to transition into product management but I’m not conflicted as I got into my dream company. I see 3 options: 1, join GCP as TAM and forget about bschool 2, join the role but quit in several months to join bschool or 3, join google and hope bschool gives me a deferral. What would you do? Google
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I would say this is just your anxious self talking. Until you try out being a lead how will you know that you’re good enough?
The major difference in the thinking pattern of the male leaders in our industry and the females is that they believe more in themselves. They are willing to take risks. I was reading this the other day- one of the important things that we as adults have to do is unlearn the things we were taught when we were young. And one of the things that we have seen is that males are better leaders.
You’ve got this. If you’ve been offered this role, there’s a reason behind it- you are worthy of it. Go for it and m sure you’ll shine and, more so, lead by example for other women :)
I have been there. I was almost about to reject an offer because I felt I am not a good web developer given the very basic school course I had taken. I took it anyway and slogged every week on it. I am very happy I took this chance/leap of faith about myself because if I had not, I would not know that I am good at finding answers for obscure requirements. It gave my self-confidence a real boost. I was able to talk about this in my later interviews and it helped me get more offers from bigger firms.
Take the offer! My mentor always explained this as the Dunning-Kruger effect: lots of people that are good at what they do know what they don't know (no one knows EVERYTHING). Other may not know what they don't know. Chances are you will encounter something you don't know, but trust yourself to rise to the occasion.
Who cares? It’s not your money on the line. Most startups fail anyway and most employees never see the huge gains of the ones that succeed. The whole point of a startup is that it’s an experiment. And honestly engineering has very little impact on the startups success or failure. If the idea is bad and won’t make money no amount of good engineering will fix it. Bad code will also not kill a good business plan as long as it’s somewhat functional.