India, Feb. 9 -- After spending nearly a decade building software, an Indian-origin techie made a bold choice. She left her well-paying job at an American multi-national retailer, returned to school, and restarted her career path. This decision eventually paid off. Today, 33-year-old Harshita Pal is a senior product manager at a Big Tech company, the same firm where she once joined as an intern.

Sharing her journey with Business Insider, Pal said that her decision was not driven by frustration with engineering. In fact, she said that she enjoyed the logic, discipline, and problem-solving the role demanded. But over time, she realised she wanted something more.

The 33-year-old shared that after earning her bachelor's degree in electronic...