What roles should I be applying now if PM in FAANG is the long term goal? 1 YOE as a consultant on undergrad level

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Find a biz ops role in consultant friendly company that has history of letting consultants transfer to pm

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Biz ops is not the way to product. Most good product managers know that since the skill sets are completely different. Find a firm/role that gets you must closer to product (within consulting, professional services, or industry) and do that for a bit. You can also look for trainings or boot camps to supplement skills. But with your low YOE, backing away from strategy ops now is a smarter play IMO.

Tech-oriented roles, then b-school to make a pivot?

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Not looking to go to b-school for mba

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FB / Google are doable but difficult from an MBA
Netflix is pretty tough and nearly impossible from an MBA
Apple is weird and depends on the team
Amazon - you can probably get into from MBB

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Does swipe to unlock provide that much value?

Get hands on PM roles at the firm you're at, transition to a PM role at a startup, apply to FAANG

Maybe check out LinkedIn and see the path others have taken? Network with them?

Undergrad degree?

Product facing roles where you interact with a lot of PMs on the job. Strategy/ops/ specialist etc. I did something similar.

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