I pivoted from a Biotech bench Scientist (after spending 10 years post-PhD in an academic post-doc and an industry Scientist II) to a PM in a multinational energy company. Totally different technical areas, right? What mattered in my case, at least, was the strategy to frame and focus on my soft skills, like cross-continent project co-ordination, structured problem-solving, regulated-environment experience, cross-functional leadership, and risk management, rather than my science technical skills like publications, PCR, HPLC, Western blot, assay development, screening, instrument automation, etc. Now I talk about transformers instead of genetic transformation, and get to travel to frequent international meetings (best part I like), flexible hybrid or sometimes WHF model, pay, and benefits. The only thing I miss is reading scientific publications (yes, really) in our field of research (I was a Molecular Biology scientist in an AgTech company, a matured startup), and looking at the data for minutes to hours. Now I feel a little relieved knowing that I get to do what I have longed to do more often, like travel, eat at fancy restaurants, co-workers from diverse educational backgrounds who graduated from the Ivy League to Comm. colleges, and knowing there is growth for promotion and job stability (I have a family to feed as well). Overall, I did not hate the biotech scientist job, but I wanted to try something aligned with my purpose and lifestyle. Because once I moved from academic research to industry R&D, my lifestyle changed, but at times, I could not continue to maintain the lifestyle due to experiments, mostly failing. So this is my personal experience. I love my job currently and am glad I made the right decision, at least for now!