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What's your thoughts on being a PM? I'm looking at jumping into the role (more of a 'technical PM'). I have corporate development experience and could likely mo

• grumps 13y ago
  As someone in a similar situation as the OP, I'll jump in. I've been a Technical PM for a while... I've grown tired of dealing with Clients on a daily basis. I'm tired of the days of back to back meetings or meetings every half hour on the hour to deal with 8 different clients that want attention to piddly problems. For me I'd much rather switch to a technical management route.
• jlees 13y ago
  Sorry for missing this reply. PM is an awesome role on the right team and there have been a lot of things written on the subject. My take would be that it varies a lot from team to team, company to company and product to product. Some mature product PMs are essentially funnel optimisers and project managers. Early stage PMs are more like startup founders with different downsides. There's a tremendous spectrum. It depends if you want to be thinking about the 10,000 foot view, users and the context of the product more than you're thinking about how to build it or what a specific customer needs. Best thing to do is get coffee with PMs in a few companies you'd be interested in working at (or within your current company - much easier).