Say you are a spectator and this seems like the next best thing to get into.. is that the right thought? And if you’re a non tech bachelors with an mba degree from tier two college, Is it possible to break in product management? And if you’re seriously considering product still, are the fellowship programs, the boot camps and everything else advertised worth spending money? Looking for answers, personal journeys and anything that can help!
Gosh this is like me. Still confused what to opt- product or mktg. Following
Same. I hope you’re able to figure it out
Go for marketing, product is gonna get saturated if not already and growth in skill set is highly correlated to company you are working in. In most companies, product manager end up becoming glorifed project managers only.
I think it's wrong to try to define "product management" as a role. Anyone with a good understanding of the business, users, product, market etc and ability to fluently converse with engineers and developers will always find a place in a startup/tech company. What the exact role will be however is secondary in my opinion.
Many people can have "product sense" but I think you definitely need product managers who singularly focus on improving the product and customers. PM role imp will become much more important in coming years as most products fail because they never find PM fit and not because they couldn't build the product (that techies focus on).
Interesting take, thank u
I transitioned from Dev(after 5yoe) to PM. There are multiple ways to break into PM. Easiest would be to find a role in your company where you already have good business context. That's what I did . Understand the role of PM which is to define what problems to solve and what solution to build(but not actually building the solution). It's also a collaborative role as building a great product will need multiple people. This role is very different from traditional specialist roles. You have to really understand the customers and their pain points and context.
Got it, any resources helped u transition?
No resources.. but few ways
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