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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started out on a product management team at Microsoft. [/quote]
what did you major in, and in what capacity?[/quote]

English/PoliSci, no advanced degree. I think my title when I was hired was something vague like Associate Product Manager. It was a product launch of a product so old you've probably never heard of it. That first year I did a lot of research on competitors and product "field". I stayed with Microsoft for my entire for-pay career.

Finding areas of the opportunity when you graduate is a lot more important than major imo. Too many kids grab the first job offer. Or take the offer from their summer internship that they got somewhat randomly anyway. I literally didn't understand why EVERYONE in my graduating class didn't want to work at Microsoft. I moved to the Seattle area before I even had an offer - I just knew where I wanted to be.

I was back at Microsoft in July and talked to maybe 200 people over a week. People with expertise in education, indigenous communities, anthropology, biology, community relations, government relations ... this idea that you have to be an CS expert to work at Google is not informed. These companies have a lot more going on, they offer a work environment that can be very supporting, and the money/stocks can be exceptional [/quote]

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