Damn, congrats @op ! I’m a PM in ad tech. I hope to make as much as that in a couple years.

Where you live tho?

How many yrs of experience you have?

Pic of bank account information?

1.5 years working in entry support roles
.5 years running support team
2 years in a***yst / sr a***yst /product owner role

So first and foremost, I've always been a big "comfort is the enemy of progress" person. Even since I got my very first Support job, I've been concerned they'd replace me. So that fear is always in mind. My response is to be the hardest worker and deliver the highest quality work each and every day and compete like my job is always on the line.

Additionally:
1. Job market is really tough for employers right now. My job was on market for months before I was hired

2. Although it is a high paying job and I don't have much true PM experience, I do have a lot of highly transferrable skills, have worked extremely closely w/ Product teams, and have pseudo PM work (such as being a Product Owner)

3. The role is very a***ytical based and it also works closely w/ Support teams. My background is in Support and my previous roles have been extremely a***ytical. So this role in particular fits my experience very well and it would be very hard to find someone more a***ytical or with a deep background in Support functions

4. I passed all of the 7 interviews w/ flying colors. Normally most seasoned PMs struggle. Demonstrating my ability to do well amongst more experienced peers

5. Worst scenario, I now have a true pm role from a top company I can always leverage into better roles.

Hard part is getting in door. And I was pretty intentional about finding a role that fit my background well

Totally. Since I’m just getting started in job it’s a ton of work to process. But once I get my legs under me, will delegate more

60/40
public co.

yeah that's why it was particularly hard. If you keep looking, you can find some startup roles though I'm sure that don't have that requirement. DM me if you need more help

can i hold 20 bands? it’s an emergency and i’ll pay you back

Yeah so a lot of my skills are data:
1. SQL
2. Python
3. Data Visualization (PowerBI / Tableau / etc.)
4. Excel
5. Data A***ysis
6. Survey a***ysis

Then there are soft skills/leadership skills
1. Agile / SCRUM
2. Prioritization
3. Communication (very important)
4. Leadership especially leading people who don't report to you
5. Collaborating w/ Developers
6. Structured problem solving

Then there are skills very specific to this role
1. Customer Support
2. Operations
3. User Experience

Congratulations man!

yep

yeah once i get my legs under me more, i'll delegate more. hopefully will get down to 40 ish by month 3/6

I actually just researched a bunch of job posting places and found a role that I felt matched my previous experience.

the role didn't specifically say you needed to have product management experience (which like 95% of product manager roles say). Additionally, the role aligned really well with some unique experience I had

So I figured I'd go ahead and give it a shot and about 6 weeks later they responded to me

I have bachelors degree and some office experience but not tech field related and I’m still having hard time finding an entry level job

I’m a dm you though

Oh ok that’s really nice then. I legit thought you just had to work 60 a week forever for that type of a job lol

Start some online courses (free or paid) to start building your tech skills.
Really really helps on the resume

Thanks for the answer. How early in life did you get started in this direction?

I’m starting data a***ytics apprenticeship in February till June

They teach SQL, Excel, Tableau, Python and few other stuff

Hopefully that will help me get my foot in the door

congrats king

op deserves to brag

im going hard as f*** this year i look up to u op

what do you do on the job

Nice man, I’m currently 25, senior a***yst at an airline making 1/3 of you, did you get your current job thru networking and did you negotiate a substantially higher offer from what they gave you?