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Why do you want to go into product management? Easiest path would be to join a corporate as an engineer.

Curious what you mean by "corporate"? I'd be down to join a google et al, however my background is pretty scattered with 1yr long engagements and I'd need months to actually leetcode up to the bar that I'd even start passing second round interviews at these companies.

Open to the idea that although I like software engineering I should just do something else? Product seemed decent, because it's still solving problems lest the technical side.

Any company that's not a startup. It doesn't have to be a FAANG (depending on salary expectations, of course). Just apply to more boring corporation, they'll be less picky. I joined one after a couple of 3-month stints at startups that failed.

I think you'd have a harder time to join any company as a product manager, given as you don't have experience in that role.

Thanks for your thoughts!

I think I'm just going to try to get a "boring" role for a few years and re-charge. Granted, anything making more than $50k a year as a "founder" will be a welcome change. Embarrassing as the recovery from this phase of my life is.

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