I did. My path was: software engineer, consultant, architect, TPM - driven by desire to have impact and move one the moment I noticed stagnation of personal growth.

Definitely having technical background helps with managing products that are highly technical or for technical users.

W/o going into the whole rabbit hole of PMing, here are a few links I found useful on my journey

Must read book https://twitter.com/bibryam/status/1629768021391572995 Most popular PM podcast https://www.lennyspodcast.com/ https://www.sachinrekhi.com/top-resources-for-product-manage... I was lucky to attend many courses here pragmaticinstitute.com

That alone is a lot to read. Good Luck!