I've managed dozens of engineers building web & mobile products, but don't have any coding experience over 8 years of tech startups. Most PM roles seems to ask for coding - any suggestions for what I can apply for?
Learn to code.
On my to-do list. Any recommendations on where to start for learning by myself?
Why learn to code as a PM? You think pilots know how to put engines together? PMs are needed in a lot of companies to understand products at a high level and collaborate with other PMs. If required, just know what common technologies used are used for. SQL, services, etc but you'll also learn on the job.
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I'm in the Bay Area too
Don't think I'm technical enough for TPM, so PM will have to do man
Need to understand concepts, be able to speak with engineers on technical aspects but you do not need to know coding. SQL is definitely needed though to pull all sorts of data
Thanks! I'll definitely look into SQL more then
Taking career advice from strangers in the internet. So wholesome.
To be clear: are these firms asking you to possess/prove technical depth & understanding or do they want a PM to be directly contributing to codebase? The latter isn’t unheard of but it is somewhat unusual for usual PM roles but it really depends on the firm and what PM means to them
PM roles almost never code
Or do anything useful for that matter.
Feel free to build your own roadmap
Coding is easy. Learn it,
If you're coding as a PM, you're doing it wrong
Wow, thanks a lot everyone! I really appreciate all the feedback - I was grossly misinformed. In a nutshell, just learn some SQL and focus on studying PM methodologies. All your advice has greatly improved my confidence going into the job search - THANK YOU!
Are you at least pmp certified?
I am not. Again, most of my experience has been with tech startups, not big companies who needed PMPs - just people who got shit done
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