my current role (software engineering/devops) has _some_ of that but not enough for my taste. I want to do more of the strategy and analysis stuff and less of the code-monkey stuff. how does that career transition work? what do?
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Replying to @danlistensto
You want to get into product basically? Or management of people on the software side? If product is the target you want to find opportunities to plan and direct the growth of things within the context of your current role and use that experience to talk your way into it
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Replying to @liminal_warmth @danlistensto
Also tell everyone you’re interested in that and read as much as you can about the skills and mental models to build Having someone trust you on the strategy side basically comes down to persuading them you can be good at strategy
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Replying to @liminal_warmth @danlistensto
And that people will trust your advice and follow your lead because you can build a compelling vision and get people behind it Any leadership oppprtunities are great to draw on as practice and for examples in the interview process
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Replying to @liminal_warmth @danlistensto
Even better if you can spin up and organize a small project with friends in your free time and get some success because it’s clearly demonstrated through that work you have the necessary skills and can translate them
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Replying to @liminal_warmth @danlistensto
Bad news is that in many firms even once you have the role you won’t get to apply as much of your skill or strategy as you might like and it can be very frustrating... or upline will be unclear or inconsistent in their aims. Pros and cons depending on your work environment
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Replying to @liminal_warmth
current company is a career plateau. I'll have to switch companies to find either lateral or vertical movement (and ideally, looking for diagonal change). was planning on doing that anyway. my resume is all technical stuff and technical leadership (at a small org). no product.
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I'm very wary of getting into a product role at a bigcorp because I know from conversations with others that bureaucratic, intra-org political, and and intra-personal conflicts dominates it to an uncomfortable degree and I don't want to deal with that stuff.
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Replying to @danlistensto @liminal_warmth
my firm seems great and not dysfunctional and I would be happy to refer you anytime
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