2 YOE at a multi-family developer. Also doing some self studying to learn data analytics (SQL, Phyton, Java) really want to get into product management in tech? Any advice?
Build something. Ask for opportunities to help out a PM at your company. Or ask them to let you take over the PM work for a feature. Attend local PM meetups and network like hell. Tons of free PM education online.
We don’t have PM’s in my company because it’s solely based on project. I’ve taken some PM courses online. I just don’t know where to start on networking... I’ve tried adding some PM’s on LinkedIn in hopes of getting some advice
You may not have anyone with the job title “product manager,” but someone is defining projects, requirements, visiting customers, working on go-to-market strategy, setting the roadmap, making tradeoff decisions, etc. Even if this is all distributed across multiple people, then go interact with all of them.
You need to network.
PMLG has courses, SAFe Certs
A Product Owner role might be a stepping stone towards Product Management. IMHO, the biggest change you need to bring is moving away from a Project’s fixed ‘Schedule/Budget’ mindset towards strategically defining/managing a Backlog and Roadmap that sets your product for success in dynamic setting over 3-5-10 years.
Leaning Python or Java will not help in getting you a foot at the door for Product roles. Focus more on - problem solving, customer obsession, prioritization, communication and such. You might be already doing some of it. You just need to repackage.
I work with a lot of that in my current job. I try to highlight that in my resume but can’t seem to even get a phone interview.
Applying directly ? You know there are lot of people vying for entry level PM jobs nowadays.