Product Management skills
What are the most relevant PM skills and is there a course or book out there similar to “Grokking the SD” but for PM interviews? #productmanagement
Balance getting along with people and having your own vision. But that’s probably true of most roles
But still amazing advice.
Bullshitting, assuming all engineering work is easy, powerpoint, scheduling way too many people for meetings, getting engineers to do your job. These are the skills you need to master.
The essence of the PM role is to Get the right things done. In my experience, it boils down to a few core skills. 1. Truly understanding customer needs whether explicitly articulated or not. 2. Ability to create a product vision, and measure product success. 3. Business acumen to connect the product vision with the organization’s business success. 4. Top notch communication with different levels and background of stakeholders. 5. Great collaboration skills, ability to align teams towards common objectives, even when there seems to be no alignment. 6. Impact through influence. 7. Enough technical chops to understand engineering cost, feasibility, architecture. 8. Truly embodying the organization’s culture, and leading the team by example.
Great feedback. Also adopt a data-driven approach. Many a times PMs will fly blind and make assumptions. Data to support your decisions and data to quantify the results (metrics).
Navigating the political landscape.
Cracking the PM interview
I’ve seen the author beat the drum on this for years. Is this book really such an epiphany?
Idk it depends on where you are in your PM interview experience whether or not you’re gonna find it to be an epiphany. It’s a solid text, IMO. Your local library probably has it, it’s worth flipping thru.