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Re:Ask HN: Those of you who left tech, where are you now? by readonthegoapp on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @06:05PM (#28227746)
i occasionally get thrown a Program Management job listing

they seem cool, but usually require more people management experience than i have

but when i think of jobs i might actually find interesting, Program Management is up there.

then again, some of them are pretty business analyst-y...which sounds fund for about one project. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re:Ask HN: Those of you who left tech, where are you now? by ssss11 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:54PM (#28229472)
Yeah definitions can differ by company putting out the job listing - there can be some grey area with BA work and others, Procurement and vendor management for example.

In terms of the people side the key difference for me between this and being a line manager is that I regularly am setting tasks for people, following up, mentoring, clearing roadblocks etc but I don’t have to deal with the HR side of it - performance, recruitment (unless contractors in my budget) etc.