 should you still become a product manager during a recession and should you choose to join big tech companies for back office or pursue your dream of product management here is my take during a recession most people say oh you know what big tech companies are having layoffs it's very impossible to become product manager why don't just be the financial operation sky for google so at least i have the brand of google behind me and another side of voice said maybe i can join some startup companies because startups are still hiring product managers and some of them also receive significant amount of funding here is my take regarding how to make the choice if your goal is truly trying to become product manager you should join a startup to gain experience any startups that gives you a pm title is going to help you to jump to big tech companies later on when they start to hire again if you do back office financial operations at google it will take you really really long time to actually become product manager because the brand of google or meta is no longer as valuable as before like and subscribe and watch the next video for more product management tips