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Paths to becoming a product manager
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Paths to becoming a product manager
In the modern business environment, product management is the job profile that is most in demand. Due to their responsibilities and contributions, they are among the highest-paid professionals in a company.
Suppose you're wondering how you can become a product manager.
In this episode, we take you through the various means of getting into product management, including internships, switching roles inside a company, and learning the course online and offline, among many other means.
Tune in to learn this and more!
Key Highlights
[1:16] Through internships
[1:51] Associate Product management position
[4:43] Switching inside a company
[7:46] Customer support role
[9:47] Starting or joining startups
[14:27] Offline skill development
[17:04] Hackathons
[18:20] Taking online courses
[20:26] Through networking
[21:44] Having an MBA
[26:43] Putting in the reps
[28:12] Doing case studies to get your work out there
Notable Quotes
- In switching within the organization, subject matter expertise is one key thing you have over other folks.- Parv
- A lot of the time, a lot of the things you're doing in your current role have some connection to being a PM.- Parv
- The most important part of being a PM is understanding your customers and users.- Alex
- Any role can become a PM.- Alex
- Sometimes it might be harder to jump in from some roles directly to product management. But it's still doable. - Parv
- One of those things with product management is there's not really a formal education around it. - Alex
- I think meetups and networking can actually open the door. - Parv
- If you truly want to get a job somewhere, you take one of their products, break it up, redesign it, and show them how it could be better and why it could be better. -Alex
- And startups are probably, in my opinion, the best way to get into the product, whether you make your startup or work at someone else's. -Alex
- It can't be overstated enough that the more products you ship, the better you get at product. -Alex
Resources
Connect with Parv:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParvSondhi
Connect with Alex:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexcox245
Email: alex@alexcreates.me
Send us Questions
Email: mail@tryingtoproduct.com
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