Re:Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since...
by quickpost on Sunday August 01, 2021 @05:56PM
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Could you talk more about how you made this pivot? Was the transition to product owner a step down initially?
Re:Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since...
by hnuser847 on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:17PM
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It was a lateral move within the same company, so my compensation is identical to what it was before. Honestly I credit my manager and the company in general for allowing me to make the move. My manager was extremely supportive when I expressed interest in product management and was quick to throw my name into the hat when an internal job opening popped up. I think it helps that I work for an extremely large company. I doubt I would have been able to make the switch if I was still working at a startup.
I felt the same way over the past few years and decided to switch to a Technical Product Owner role at the beginning of this year. I used to be your typical HN user who was extremely passionate about programming, learning new frameworks, functional programming, etc, but at some point over my 10 year career I kinda stopped caring about tech entirely. Switching to a product owner role was great for me. I still get to leverage my technical knowledge without having to worry about the actual implementation too much. I also get to develop my soft skills like planning, communication, and conflict resolution, which is frankly a lot more interesting and satisfying than programming ever was.