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Become a product manager (at least part-time). I was a developer for 7 years and never progressed towards PM, so I've just left my company, created my bootstrap

by aragot 12y ago

Become a product manager (at least part-time). I was a developer for 7 years and never progressed towards PM, so I've just left my company, created my bootstrapped start-up because no-one would ever believe in me, got experience at copywriting, marketing, negociation, product roadmap planing, went to conferences, talked at some, (all of those in addition to developing the product obviously), sold enough copies within the first year to make a nice living... I think I've proven my point that I'm not bad at it, as opposed to the stigma we face when we're programmers, so next year I hope to be hired in a proper company to do the same job.

iqonik 12y ago
Where are you based?
- aragot 12y ago
  France (Lyon). I'm ok moving to other countries in Europe and Australia.
  - iqonik 12y ago
    The company I work for will be hiring PM's in the 1st quarter. We're based in London, UK. Got an email add.? I'll send you a note when it happens if you're interested.
toyg 12y ago
Big up! I hope to do something similar this year -- in January I'm pitching a couple of internal projects that would basically make me a PM. If they don't fly, I'll consider my options (although bootstrapping with two kids and mortgage is... very unappealing).