What was your progression path to PM?
Drop pros and cons of the journey you were associated with and any preferred path you would recommend.
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Please share how to progress from MBA to PM, non tech background
There is no guarantee. There is no PM specific coursework in Indian MBA curriculum (at least till 3 years ago). If you have software engineering work ex, cse btech or product/business analyst work ex you are likely to get interview calls for product roles in campus placement. Also the competition will be intense for these roles and alot depends on your luck on that day.
A much better path is to take a APM/PM role at a young company and then grow from there.
MBA to PM is such an inefficient way to break into the role, I mean good networking/branding backed with sharp skill set in one of the fields - (design, tech or business) will land you up in Product role at a good company.
Personally I feel PM is T shaped role in the early career stages. Its very essential that you have a depth of one field like design, analytics, engineering. This depth acts as anchor ⚓ for you to understand nuances and nitty gritty of things in an org.
(personal opinion) Also, its very easy to get lost in PM career. Have seen people struggling and taking a step back to figure out next.
Gyan on internet gives you only the partial truth of this role which has been glamourised for some unknown reason
I went from Biological Research to Account Manager to PM role
Operations to PM
Guys, I am about transition from tech to PM role. Can someone suggest books/blogs on soft skills, influencing stakeholders and day to day core PM skills?
I will do fine with hard PM skills. It's the soft skills and core PM skills where I need most insight.