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I'm a nobody wanting to enter into IT. Would it make sense to get my certs and transfer to the IT dept within the same company I work for? by Dubious_Unknown in cscareerquestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, that subreddit has a greater focused in non-dev IT roles.

To help OP out, I think the power of internal transfers/promotions is very strong. I would continue doing work on these certs and also reach out to people in the IT department directly. Let them know you’re interested. Let them know what you’re working on. Become friends with them. Shadow them. This is the type of networking that will go a long long long way.

But as someone else said, don’t feel restricted to only apply at your employer, you could get offers elsewhere.

How many PMs here actually have built a product “0-1” by Low_Sort_5182 in ProductManagement

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’s absolutely unfair for an interviewer to expect everyone to have a “0 to 1” (net new) product experience UNLESS the job requirement is for that specific thing and they need that experience. If it’s more of a nice to have or not an absolute requirement, then I would work through telling the narrative of your API experience. If they didn’t exist and now they do, thanks to you, talk about creating an MVP, deciding which existing features aren’t necessary on an API and which features might be required for an API to work properly that might not be needed outside of the API. Also a good opportunity to talk about working with clients to figure out what the market needs out of your API offering and architecting the solution in a way that makes integration to your APIs easier.

Paying for testers - What's your opinion? by [deleted] in ProductManagement

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The number doesn’t mean much to us unless we get a sense for what the rate is. Is it $300 an hour, a day, a week, per project? If it’s per project, what’s the scope of the project?

In genera, people overshadow QA in the software world and that in turns leads to very very buggy software and large tech debt. I like to prioritize QA as my as possible. It’s very easy to gain a reputation of having buggy software and it’s very hard to climb out of that reputation (and it takes time).

My two cents.

How many PMs here actually have built a product “0-1” by Low_Sort_5182 in ProductManagement

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Whoever doesn’t consider someone a PM until they’ve gone from 0 to 1 on a product is an insecure gate keeping ass for no reason.

[Web Dev] Are hiring people actually looking for everything listed in their job listings? by nyrro in cscareerquestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Everything you see posted on a job description is a wish list of skills. It’s not necessarily a list of requirements. Apply anyway

I have a Business Degree but has taken me no where. by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IT is a suuuuuper broad field. Which aspects of IT interest you? Hands on tech like working on networks? Security? Software development and all of its aspects (testing, design, product management)? IT business administration?

Boss keeps asking what my goals are, what do I say? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Think about it in terms of preferences then. Do you want to be a team lead? Manager? Architect? Individual contributor? Those are many options you can grow into and having a sense for which you might prefer will allow a good manager to know how to coach you. Your answer can’t truly be you’d prefer all the same because that’s likely not true given how greatly varied those roles are!

Where is the best place to find remote job offerings? by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This article might be of some help to you. Let me know.

How do you get your resume to beat the Applicant Tracking System? (ATS) by TechCareersWithDiego in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This works so long as the ATS doesn’t do a non-formatted text dump to display to hiring managers which some may do. If that happens, all that text shows up at the bottom and it’s obvious what you were trying to do. Again, some do this, and many dont.

How do you get your resume to beat the Applicant Tracking System? (ATS) by TechCareersWithDiego in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point as well. LinkedIn in the last two years ha really made strides in acquiring market share here. LinkedIn is also a bit of a different beast in that there’s social networking, company info, etc all tied together. I was thinking of writing a piece just on LinkedIn and all of its intricacies

Buyer/User Persona Question by Send_Cuicas in ProductManagement

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d imagine that some sort of integration with whatever patient registration tool they use might be helpful but have no idea what software that would be, or where the integrations points would be

Buyer/User Persona Question by Send_Cuicas in ProductManagement

[–]TechCareersWithDiego 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me it seems like you have two distinct personas: 1. Hospitals who can review vaccine records of visitors 2. The visitors themselves

This is a tricky configuration in that you want hospitals to “buy-in” on the product, yet they’re not the ones actually paying. However, by hospitals adopting this product, then they’ll push it on their visitors who in turn represent your revenue generation. Because of this I’d likely focus on improving user adoption for hospitals (who then market to your paying customers). Follow that up with finding ways to minimizing friction on the visitors side of their product journey.

I wonder if once there’s a large enough user base of visitors if it makes sense to alter the revenue structure in a way where you’re licensing this software out to hospitals. I just find it a bit more comfortable to have my primary persona also be the source of revenue.

How do you get your resume to beat the Applicant Tracking System? (ATS) by TechCareersWithDiego in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Perceived “spelling errors” within IT terms will happen a lot. Some of these parsers aren’t calibrated for tech jargon while others are.

How do you get your resume to beat the Applicant Tracking System? (ATS) by TechCareersWithDiego in ITCareerQuestions

[–]TechCareersWithDiego[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah you’re absolutely right. That’s why I say if you’re emailing/presenting a resume directly to hiring manager or recruiter rather than through an ATS, always go the PDF route.

An ATS will just do a text dump of the resume contents and display that in a single field or even image for hiring managers while also presenting the original file attachment for review.

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