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Working with more senior PMs is the only working solution I have found. Product Management is a very complex role...there is no straight forward learning path
by rock_hard 8y ago
Working with more senior PMs is the only working solution I have found.
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!
- monkeydust 8y agoTotally 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.
- MrTonyD 8y agoI 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.
- mud_dauber 8y agoDitto. 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.
- seekingcharlie 8y agoWould you be open to chatting to me as a mentor?
- seekingcharlie 8y agoWould you be open to chatting to me as a mentor?
- dawhizkid 8y agoIt'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.