AMA on alternate career paths: Went from 4.2LPA to 25LPA in 2.5 years

[clothedinsalvation]

@kimmyrose So back then, my dad was still earning in his last 2 years before retirement, so the timing was perfect for me to take my paycut and jump directly where I wanted to go.

If things came crashing, i had a safety net for a few months at last.

If you’re the sole breadwinner, the only realistic way you can do this is through adjacent / lateral shifts.

Whatever two unrelated roles you take, there’s usually a path that maps them.*

Marine engineering and corporate comms at a b2c company.

Marine engineer > technical communication specialist at a marine B2B company > marketing manager at same company > Marketing manager at the B2B group of a traditional B2C company > Corp Comms at B2C company.

If you can’t afford to take a paycut, list down your transferable skills and jot a path to your final destination. Instead of wanting to directly get there, that would be unrealistic.

 

[kimmyrose]

@clothedinsalvation Makes sense. Thank you

 

[resjudicata]

@clothedinsalvation I'm currently working as a QA and want to switch to product side?

Could share some insights on how to proceed from here?

I've 1.5 year experience, it's my first job.

 

[clothedinsalvation]

@resjudicata Think where are the best product minds hanging out. Probably somewhere like Product Hunt.

Can you reach out to the top products of last month there and offer to find bugs for them in exchange of some product related mentoring?

Use your existing skills as leverage. QA to product is not as drastic a jump as it seems. You are already mapping the gap between what your product delivers and what your customer expects.

You will continue to do that in the product role too, although through different means.

 

[resjudicata]

@clothedinsalvation Hey, that's a good way to start actually. I can try and reach out. In my current company also, i interact and suggest many ideas for feature deliveries. Thanks a lot for the guidance !

 

[kcpaint2]

@clothedinsalvation From IT to any field is still doable but suggest something for Commerce Graduate

 

[clothedinsalvation]

@kcpaint2 I do agree IT is a better starting point. But in the sense that if my other dreams didn’t work out my back up option would pay off more.

Where do you want to go from commerce?

Quoting from another comment:

You can do this through adjacent / lateral shifts.

Whatever two unrelated roles you take, there’s usually a path that maps them.*

Marine engineering and corporate comms at a b2c company for example.

Marine engineer > technical communication specialist at a marine B2B company > marketing manager at same company > Marketing manager at the B2B group of a traditional B2C company > Corp Comms at B2C company.

Or BCom > Accountant > Content Writer at Fintech > some other role in fintech > mapping finally to where you want to go.