u/Far-Record8705

Hi all!

I recently committed to taking all of my side hustles, projects, and brands more seriously to begin the transition into entrepreneurial life. I currently have a full-time job, recently got promoted, and have a couple of shekels to rub together to delegate to folks who may be able to help me in that vision!

I'm the type of person who can do everything herself, and often times that's where I get into trouble because there just aren't enough hours in the day. I have brought on a friend of mine as an assistant for a few hours a week, and it's been so amazing to have help that I'm wondering what else I could invest into!

What services were the most critical to you that opened you up to focus on building your business? Was it a virtual assistant? A marketing or social media manager? A person to clean your house?

I want to hear your stories!

I've mostly been a reddit lurker but this sub has inspired me to just ask and see anyway...

I was hired a year ago as a sr technical product manager. I've got a little bit of everything in my back pocket from working in orgs from small to large. But I'm not a developer, and I don't think it'd be smart for me to pretend to be one. But I've been making low-code tools and dashboards for years now.

That being said, the org I work at now is very pro AI. It's empowered me in a lot of ways, created some noise, connected some dots, and screwed me over. Much good- much less than good, but I've been enjoying the challenge. I've been vibe coding personally for a minute now, and I've picked up a lot of the missing pieces... that i know of...

Now, with the constantly improving models, they want me to triple down on being the in-house dev person. But I'm aware enough to know I'm missing a LOT of the foundations I'll need to be successful.

But does it matter? Given the improving models am I at a strong enough disadvantage? I do not feel super confident because I know I'm missing some experience here. But, if AI is gonna be able to work relatively autonomously (and where it's at now is already pretty impressive) and I have great requirement gathering and prompting skills- do I need to advocate for them to find someone else to fit in this position (as risk my own ass in the process?)

Are there things I should be sure to study up on that could help me bridge the gap from the person who knows the product to the person who builds the product?

I'm rambling, but hopefully u can understand the push pull of fear and excitement here.

Hey folks,

I work at a marketing agency in NY but commute from PA to do so. I was hired as a technical generalist and really helped to shepherd the team through adopting some really exciting new AI lead initiatives, but the speed of output never slowed and the recognition for the efforts never came. I'm just now coming up on my first anniversary at this organization, and before the new initiatives my impact was clear and directly related to my skill-set. Now, they want me to lean harder into development because I'm the only one who can (ish).

But the more I get into the new challenges, the more I think I'm way over my head. I have been asked what support I need, and in a lot of cases, I don't even know how to solve these problems. I love novelty, and was really looking forward to cracking into this realm for the business, but my R&D projects just got shelved because of lack of clarity on impact/value in meetings above my pay-grade.

In full transparency, I also have other feelings of frustration due to a few conversations I've had asking to be moved around in the org to a spot that is more befitting my impact. Which now in multiple conversations I've gotten a clear "yes, we're going to do that" and nothing has happened. But my manager has since received a title bump without any kind of public recognition of it as an official "promotion". So I know they can and do, but for me they won't...

All that to say, I'm completely demoralized. I just started missing deadlines, I can't focus, and I've been reviewing our policy on sick leave- which is unlimited and really doesn't give me anything to plan against.

What can I, or should I, do in this moment? My team is about to be understaffed due to other members taking concurrent PTO. I am seriously considering quitting without notice, but I cannot survive without this income. I love everyone I work with, and am deeply burdened by the idea of punishing them because I can't cut it.