How to succeed in PM role at FAANG companies?
May 2, 2019
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I will be joining one of these in coming months and I would appreciate tips and advice to be successful in PM role. I will be Senior/Principal.
1. What has worked for you as PM or engineer to form a partnership to launch a great product/feature.
2. How do you earn trust of your team as a new member?
3. What do engineers appreciate about a good PM?
4. Do engineers prefer the PM to provide all the details of a feature so they can implement it exactly (this is my experience at Disney to most part) or they love coming up with solutions as long as PM defines what is needed and why is it needed?
5. What else?
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You are welcome to have raised the bar already for you 😉
While technical chops are super useful, don’t try to complete with the engineers. Even when you are right about a technical detail, you are wrong because that’s not your job.
Mostly though it’s keep your promises and don’t be an ass. You aren’t in charge, you are the PM. There’s a difference.
One piece of advice. It’s easy to become the note taker in meetings. Don’t become this person. Be nice and helpful but as soon as you become the scribe you’ll never be looked at as a peer to engineerings. The exception is when it’s your or your boss’s meeting or if you want to use your notes to push an agenda.
Hopefully someone will help! You guys have no idea how scary it is for outsiders to work at FAANG, knowing these things from engineers directly can help believe it or not
Calling someone a lier is critical questioning? I do have multiple offers and I am trying to understand how to be successful at those places.
Facebook is not bad either.
I am more curious about what engineers appreciate and hate working with PMs