After nearly a decade of working as a software engineer , Harshita Pal quit her well-paying job at an American multi-national retailer to pursue a completely different path: product management . Despite earning her bachelor's degree in electronics and communications engineering in 2013 and working her way up to senior and lead roles within the field, Pal decided in 2021 to make what she called a " thoughtful pivot ." The pivot involved getting her MBA, learning a completely new skill set, and