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Just be super clear what you want to do because there are three wildly different roles that most companies bastardise quite a bit. Product owner Project manag
by kingkongjaffa 1y ago
Just be super clear what you want to do because there are three wildly different roles that most companies bastardise quite a bit.
Product owner
Project manager
Product manager
Are all wildly different job roles.
Do you want to track and ensure deliver across multiple projects = project management
Do you want to be close support to dev teams and organize backlogs etc. = product owner
Do you want a business role talking to customers and deciding _what to build_ and why (product strategy) and much less focusing on the how to build it part.
- mettamage 1y agoAny ideas how I can be a product manager? I’m a data analyst right now and before that a SWE. I guess I’m my own product manager right now. I get to decide quite often what a good strategy is, as long as I back it with data, and then build it myself.
- kingkongjaffa 1y ago1. Start asking 'why' more. 2. Do everything you can to map out how the company makes money. 3. Speak to sales and customer success folks often. 4. Do everything you can to speak to customers directly, and listen to their pains points and opportunities. 5. Develop hypothesis about what to build next, test the hypothesis by debating internally, speaking to customers, showing them demos etc.
- mettamage 1y agoOohh! Those are good tips!