Is now a terrible time to quit my job and work under a product manager at a start-up? I feel like I could learn a lot and end up way closer to being a PM myself if I take it, but there's always a chance that it'll crash and burn and leave me jobless in a not-great economy. I believe in the product but that doesn't mean it'll succeed. What would you do?

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Personally, I would take it. I wish I had something to take and quit my current job. If you have some experience that you can work with to get a product associate or product mana get job, then maybe keep looking. But if you’re looking to gain that experience, take the risk.

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