India, Sept. 12 -- An Indian techie who worked for four years as a full-time software engineer after completing his undergraduate degree has moved on from the field to try something new. In an interview, 28-year-old Phani Sai Ram Munipalli shared that he worked for companies like IBM in Bengaluru and Walmart Global Tech in Chennai before leaving software engineering and taking up AI product management as his new career path.

"In July 2022, I left software engineering and chose to shift my career path to compete for an AI/tech product management role at Walmart in the US, even though I had little experience in that field," Munipalli told Business Insider.

The techie explained that he didn't make the shift to make more money. His move was...