My dream was to work at early stage startup as a Software Engineer bcoz startups were cool. But the toxic environment and lack of organisations made it a nightmare to work at.
Then I became a PM at a startup after getting hyped about Product Management. And then I realised no matter what you do, the CEO does whatever he feels like. And months later the project is scraped. And I learn only the things a PM should not do.
So what's the role that you got excited about that turned to shit?
I joined the non-tech of a really fancy fintech startup, amongst the best in its niche only to be let down by its toxic culture and extreme level of micro-management.
And in order to get a job with them, I even let go of opportunities from others whose culture was well-rated on Ambitionbox and Glassdoor.
I wanted to work in the automotive industry. Joined a big listed OEM in their supply chain team after college. It was so boring. It was basically clerical work. Not to mention 6 days working. Sat was supposed to be half a day that ended at 5.30pm.
Take a day off on sat and Monday, Sunday was counted as leave. The food in the canteen was pathetic. I stayed there for 5 years as I could not change sector.
Note - I am a product manager too
4 out of 5 product managers will act all high and mighty of themselves, bragging their way as if they run everything going on in the company, flaunting their business degrees and being utterly disresp...
Here is an incident that happened to me at my old startup. This literally gave me a wake-up call that shattered my "PM is mini-CEO" idea that all my mentors had told me about.
During a heated product roadmap + prio meeting, the actua...
