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I applied for an internal transfer to product management at a FAANG after a part time rotation for 6 months and interview prepping with PMs throughout. I was rejected without any feedback and told to find a full time 6 month rotation before trying again. But convincing your manager to pay for you when you won’t be doing your job for 6 months is a very difficult sell. And there’s no guarantee you will get the job if your performance is strong since you still need to pass the interviews.

I applied out and had multiple offers a couple months later. It’s a shame really, wanted to stay and felt I had a lot more to contribute and learn but was concerned that I would just stagnate in the interim.

I also opened this thread to recommend Vim Adventures. I tried teaching myself vim with standard walkthroughs but it was too difficult to remember all of the different key combinations.

Vim Adventures was so effective because it only lets you use the keys that it teaches you, and slowly expands the key set over time. Well worth the $25 if you want a guided introduction.