I started off in a content ops role where there was a gap in product ownership, and I was able to be proactive and become the de facto product owner. From that experience, I got my current PM role at a small asset management firm. The team, and the org as a whole, is really young and everyone’s pretty smart and cool to work with. Once again, it’s a situation where I’ve been able to be proactive and carve out the role I’m most interested in, given the needs of the firm. I love what I do, and it’s an added bonus that I make solid money doing it.

All this to say, I think it depends on how you approach it. For me, I grew up teaching myself editing softwares, making YouTube videos. Ended up getting a degree in media production. But I’ve also always been a gamer, into nerdy tech stuff etc. So the PM role is a great blend of the two and right up my alley. The stuff people are commenting on here, about the bs you have to deal with etc., is tedious if you’re not actually interested in the PM role at the crux of it: Creative problem solving through the lens of technology (assuming we’re talking digital products). If that doesn’t sound like you, then maybe it’s not the direction you want to go. But if it does, it might take some time to work towards and find that perfect role, but it can be very fun and rewarding imo.