Struggling to break into late stage startup / big tech in product. Have a CS background with seed stage startup experience pre-consulting. Is there anyone from a similar background who would be open to giving advice? TIA!

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I think the days of big tech PM leaders hiring PMs from consulting firms who don’t have product exp are done for now.

Ppl are looking for practitioners in this market, not smart generalist. There’s way too many PMs looking for jobs.

Now if product includes product strategy / operations, could be more of a shot.

But someone with product strategy / ops + consulting will still be more competive.

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You really need to focus on your pre-BCG experience to make this work. It’s a very challenging needle to thread. Happy to chat.

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Product folks don’t like hiring consultants. Especially in this market and with the number of laid off product folks. You’ll need to focus on your startup experience or any dev work.

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