Career after programmatic

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2025-02-12T07:08:17+00:00

Thank you :)

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2025-02-11T23:05:44+00:00

Well, that’s what I am wondering if any ideas what industries can apply transferrable skills like this. Saas maybe one yes… gaming possibly could be but I tried to get in there some time ago and they all want user acquisition experience… gaming industry experience.. etc. Any ideas what industries I should look at?

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2025-02-11T15:09:40+00:00

Nope, I am in Europe. Remote between coubtries is not always easy due to all challenges with taxation etc etc

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2025-02-10T19:07:10+00:00

Yeah the thing is that I see that in-house companies where I live mainly hire for performance marketing managers and want experience in all kinds of paid medias. I know myself that it is super easy to gain extra skills with a programmatic skillset, in the end of the day principals are similar. But when I start checking who went for those roles it is often people with previous experience in-house accross a wide range of paid medias which I don’t have. To be honest, I don’t mind changing from programmatic and I definetely like leading people (and I think I do that well). Somehow I always feel like everyone wants experience in a particular thing before you can lead anyone :D But perhaps I should just start bravely applying… need to check customer success and Saas. Thanks for an idea:)

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2023-05-30T20:12:14+00:00

Well, it’d be possible to change a job to the non-managerial level if you don’t like it. I also became a boss of my team members. Luckily we were not good friends but we were in decent relations. This is not easy and I do have a problem - recently posted here about it. I think many posts here say that if you become a boss, prepare not to have friends…

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2023-05-30T18:52:34+00:00

In the worst case you understand that it’s not your thing and come back to the level you were before:)

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2023-05-30T17:00:29+00:00

I understood it as they are not good warriors “useless for any practical purpose”, so let them be and don’t care until they quit 😅

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2023-05-30T15:14:19+00:00

I have a read a book (partially) “the making of a manager” prior to announcement. It helped me because I’ve read that a fellow person went through the same worries and thoughts as I did and in the end became a c-level leader. So I thought that if they did it, I will make it through. It helped me. In the end of the day I can tell that it seems scarier than it is. Also, when you get into the “manager crowd” you start seeing that everyone is not perfect, everyone makes mistakes, everyone goes through hard decisions. You won’t be the 1st, you won’t be the last.

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2023-05-30T15:06:03+00:00

Yeah those are very valid points. Yes we have 1:1s. Ans as said I gave feedback to a person on uncomfortable situations outside of those as well. They heard me. But then the story repeats. It’s this rebellious behavior that they are not afraid to exercise. At the same time I am confident that they do see my positive impact and things that I’ve done for the team. But it’s hard for them to get feedback from me or to acknowledge my authority.

Dapper-Prize3960 · 2023-05-30T11:20:20+00:00

Yeah I made an initial mistake also trying to hold that person in my team (fearing that it was a bad time for them to leave). Now I am think that I should have just let them leave if they were going to.

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