Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by dawhizkid on Thursday January 31, 2019 @04:14PM
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It's also very different from company to company. Some companies will refuse to hire non-technical PMs. In other companies you will find PMs who do not know basic SQL. It's strange.
Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by MrTonyD on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:55PM
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I couldn't agree more. I had the PM title twice before I worked with some senior PMs at a very successful Fortune 50. What a difference experience makes. I cringe when I think about how incompetent I was in my first two PM roles.
Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by mud_dauber on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:53PM
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Ditto. My first three stints (albeit with zero help from peers or mentors) were terrible. It seems like you need a couple of epic screwups under your belt before the patterns start to present themselves.
Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by seekingcharlie on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:41AM
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Would you be open to chatting to me as a mentor?
Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by seekingcharlie on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:41AM
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Would you be open to chatting to me as a mentor?
Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by monkeydust on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:37PM
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Totally agree. I've taken a number of juniors on over the years where I have spotted raw talent. I would say 50% of them are now killing it versus more experienced (and expensive) external hires. 20% are doing just fine. And 30% just couldn't make it work, at least in our organisation.
It's a tough, complicated and at times lonely role but I wouldn't do anything else... working for someone else at least.
Product Management is a very complex role...there is no straight forward learning path today other than doing the job ,building shit and strong mentor ship!