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The stock market is at all-time high and this last bull run has been the longest in history.

However, I'm increasingly nervous that a big downturn is around the corner and am considering moving a significant portion to bonds. COVID is still ravaging my local economy and I'm concerned about the new variants.

But when I poll my friends, everyone seems to be super optimistic and pouring even more money into the stock market - and they're reaping big gains!

Do you think a significant downturn is coming (as has followed all major bull runs in my brief survey of history)? Or is something fundamentally different this time about this bull run that I don't understand?

I'm currently a PM at a FAANG company, but I've always been curious about switching to engineering. Now that I've been PMing for 7 years, I'm seriously considering making the leap.

I never set out to be a PM, but sort of fell into the role from being the most technically-minded account manager at the first startup I joined. And while I don't have a CS degree, I've always been interested in engineering and have coded up various side projects for fun.

I see a lot of articles about people who've switched from engineering -> PM, but basically zero in the reverse direction.

If you've made the switch, I would love to hear about your experience. How did you make the switch? Has it been worth it?

Thank you for sharing.

It seems that most enterprise applications I've worked with have very different approaches, and I'm wondering if there are best practice/time-tested architectures or resources. Thank you!