ServiceNow

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If you really want to join the development organization, then your best bet is to be a developer. Not a good place for product managers at all. QE is a great place if your goal is mediocrity and limited career growth. Managers seem to get fired more frequently than ICs.

Choose your VP carefully. Each VP org is vastly different, with some much better than others. Try to get to know the organization ahead of time through friends and colleagues. Then hope the horse you're riding on doesn't get sent to the glue factory (your VP doesn't get fired).

No working from home.

My manager repeatedly sent out emails to my team to remind us, "The ServiceNow development organization doesn't allow for working from home as a common practice. Last minute emergencies exist and will be tolerated."

She said if your car is in the shop, then rent a car and make sure you're in the office. Picking up relatives or waiting for a handyman are not considered legitimate reasons.

This may be SOP in San Diego, but not in Silicon Valley.

Get your house in order. The hard part lies ahead, and you're resting on your laurels.