Trying to decide it I want to stay in consulting or move to PM. I have an opportunity to jump ship but I am not sure. Any suggestions?

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Having worked in consulting and PM, PM all the way. You gotta think about how once you are a PM, you get offers from other companies to be PM there too (think FAANG).

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You need to provide more information. What is your YOE, current comp, new comp, long term goals, etc?

I’ll also be making the same switch as you and think it’s worth it. Generally, working in tech seems to be different in a lot of great ways to me, so I would recommend figuring out what you’re looking for in your career.

Generally speaking, I think PM is completely different in most ways compared to consulting. There’s a lot more of a well defined set of responsibilities long term in PM. While in consulting you’ll have the opportunity to learn about different types of work and industries. PM is a lot more attractive to me at this stage of my career because I want to narrow in on a specific skill and build on that.

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If you have the opportunity and you think is a good one then definitely try it out! How else would you know if you like it or not? Alternatively, you could stay in your comfort zone never knowing, if that’s something you don’t think you’d regret

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Hi, no idea what PM. I can lead client calls well. Can someone explain?

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Is it better to take some courses and see if I can eventually get a PM job outside of my current company? Or should I try to transition internally? Is that easier?

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Thank you for creating this bowl! I’m very new to the PM role as I’m trying to transition from management consulting. Just finished all rounds of interviews at Google yesterday for a PM role and not feeling very confident. Hopefully I hear something back in a week or so.

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Starting to get really worried about my job stability right now. I'm an associate product manager with just a little over 1YOE. Been looking at jobs at startups and I don't even qualify for their APM jobs. I want to stay in product but the job market is terrifying right now. Any advice?

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