"I'd worked at Big Tech companies for more than a decade, but a year ago, I found myself in the middle of a humbling job search. I started working for Microsoft in 2011 as a product manager, but in 2014, I was among thousands of employees who were laid off. I never actually left Microsoft - I was given 60 days to find a new role internally and successfully moved into a program manager position in a different department."
"By 2020, my job at Microsoft had become somewhat boring, in part because there was a lot of legal and compliance work. I also thought I needed a new challenge and more money. I left Microsoft for a new opportunity, but looking back, I maybe shouldn't have been so quick to leave. I'm now working at Toyota and am happy with my role, but I had to endure some ups and downs to get here."
"When I started looking for something new in 2020, Meta was actively recruiting. I decided to leave Microsoft for a product marketing manager role there, where I worked on an augmented reality glasses product. Some of the product plans went awry, and it felt like the team was in disarray. In December 2021, after a little more than a year at Meta, I transitioned to a global product lead role at the software development company Unity."
Lee Givens Jr. began at Microsoft in 2011 as a product manager and experienced a 2014 layoff but remained with the company by moving into a program manager role. By 2020, his role had become dull due to legal and compliance tasks, prompting him to seek higher pay and new challenges. He joined Meta as a product marketing manager working on augmented-reality glasses, then moved to Unity as a global product lead in December 2021. Both moves proved unstable, and a difficult job market followed. He now works at Woven by Toyota and is satisfied but endured several career ups and downs.
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